354 Quotations with Chief.
- 21. Francis Quarles: Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find an ...
- 22. Charles A. Stoddard: When we can say "no" not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to t ...
- 23. Ambrose Bierce: DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy i ...
- 24. Ambrose Bierce: DICTATOR, n. The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of despotism to t ...
- 25. Ambrose Bierce: EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that ...
- 26. Ambrose Bierce: EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wish ...
- 27. Ambrose Bierce: FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to ...
- 28. Ambrose Bierce: FORK, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into ...
- 29. Ambrose Bierce: GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading a ...
- 30. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...
- 31. Ambrose Bierce: HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to ill ...
- 32. Ambrose Bierce: ICHOR, n. A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of blood.
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- 33. Ambrose Bierce: INDECISION, n. The chief element of success; "for whereas," saith Sir Thomas Bre ...
- 34. Ambrose Bierce: INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chi ...
- 35. Ambrose Bierce: LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system -- an admirable pr ...
- 36. Ambrose Bierce: MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
- 37. Ambrose Bierce: MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the h ...
- 38. Ambrose Bierce: MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as ...
- 39. Ambrose Bierce: MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity c ...
- 40. Ambrose Bierce: NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its ...
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