Epithet Quotes
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“So why in the name of Merlin’s saggy left —â€�
“Don’t talk to your mother like that.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Don’t talk to your mother like that.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Alec muttered a retort into his coffee. It rhymed with something that sounded a lot more like "ducking glass mole.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“Some guy hit my fender the other day, and I said unto him, 'Be fruitful, and multiply'. But not in those words.”
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“Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nodcocks!”
― Magician's Ward
― Magician's Ward

“I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go .”
― An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy, and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings
― An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy, and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings

“Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.”
― The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
― The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable, athletically difficult and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a few household implements, and a dead fish.”
― The Silver Gryphon
― The Silver Gryphon

“What in the name of Voldy’s pasty-white rear end was that?”
― James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
― James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
“I never could believe that Providence
had sent a few men into the world,
ready booted and spurred to ride, and
millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.”
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had sent a few men into the world,
ready booted and spurred to ride, and
millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.”
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“…the epithet rosy-finger'd, which Homer hath given to the morning. â€� Aristotle hath observed the effect solely in respect of beauty, but the remark holds equally true of these epithets in respect of vivacity. â€� It at once gratifies two of the senses, the nose by its fragrance, and the eye by its beauty.”
― The Philosophy of Rhetoric
― The Philosophy of Rhetoric
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