Altogether False Quotes
- PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence… — Ambrose Bierce
- I know of a wild region whose librarians repudiate the vain superstitious custom of seeking any sense in books and compare it to looking for… — Jorge Luis Borges
- PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in reading character in the wrinkles made by… — Ambrose Bierce