drmardy.com: A web site for lovers of wit and wordplay

Neverisms: A Quotation Lover's
Guide to Things You Should
Never Do, Never Say,
or Never Forget

Ifferisms: An Anthology of
Aphorisms That Begin
with the Word "IF"

I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like:
A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes

Viva la Repartee:
Clever Comebacks & Witty Retorts from History's Great Wits & Wordsmiths

Oxymoronica:
Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths

Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You:
Chiasmus and a World of Chiastic Quotations

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May 22, 2013

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