1771 Quotations with Ones.
- 121. Ambrose Bierce: EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death hav ...
- 122. Ambrose Bierce: EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its ...
- 123. Ambrose Bierce: FEAST, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and ...
- 124. Ambrose Bierce: FREEMASONS, n. An order with secret rites, grotesque ceremonies and fantastic co ...
- 125. Ambrose Bierce: FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane liter ...
- 126. Ambrose Bierce: GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust -- to which, doubtless, will be add ...
- 127. Ambrose Bierce: ILLUMINATI, n. A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the sixteenth ce ...
- 128. Ambrose Bierce: INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in ...
- 129. Ambrose Bierce: INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chi ...
- 130. Ambrose Bierce: INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kin ...
- 131. Ambrose Bierce: INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitte ...
- 132. Ambrose Bierce: LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bo ...
- 133. Ambrose Bierce: MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open an ...
- 134. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 135. Ambrose Bierce: MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and vie ...
- 136. Ambrose Bierce: MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity c ...
- 137. Ambrose Bierce: MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no ...
- 138. Ambrose Bierce: PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter wit ...
- 139. Ambrose Bierce: PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by per ...
- 140. Ambrose Bierce: REVOLUTION, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Speci ...
Ones Quotes by Power Quotations
|