1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 361. FREEDOM, n. Exemption from the stress of authority in a beggarly half dozen of restraint's infinite ...
- 362. FREEMASONS, n. An order with secret rites, grotesque ceremonies and fantastic costumes, which, origi ...
- 363. FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth an ...
- 364. FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
The sea was ...
- 365. FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane literature is in Homer's ...
- 366. FRYING-PAN, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitc ...
- 367. FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and st ...
- 368. Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is ...
- 369. GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading actor is translated t ...
- 370. GARGOYLE, n. A rain-spout projecting from the eaves of mediaeval buildings, commonly fashioned into ...
- 371. GARTHER, n. An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating ...
- 372. GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace hi ...
- 373. Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his o ...
- 374. GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitud ...
- 375. GENTEEL, adj. Refined, after the fashion of a gent.
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- 376. GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and t ...
- 377. GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust -- to which, doubtless, will be added that of its inter ...
- 378. GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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- 379. GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The existence of ghouls ...
- 380. GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
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