1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 461. IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having ...
- 462. ILLUMINATI, n. A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the sixteenth century; so called bec ...
- 463. ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.
- 464. IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
- 465. IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dic ...
- 466. IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
- 467. IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth i ...
- 468. IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instanc ...
- 469. IMMORTALITY, n.
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- 470. Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, ...
- 471. IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound. This, howe ...
- 472. IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a ...
- 473. Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a cont ...
- 474. IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
- 475. IMPIETY, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.
- 476. Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.
- 477. IMPOSITION, n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on of hands -- a ceremony common to ...
- 478. IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.
- 479. IMPROBABILITY, n.
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- 480. IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.
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