Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce: "HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises."
Actually | Animal | Cents | Compound |
Creature | Dollars | Eagle | Extinct |
Fifty | Full | Gold | Griffin |
Half | Hippogriff | Horse | Itself |
Lion | Onequarter | Study | Surprises |
Therefore | Zoology |