1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 501. INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary _quo_ given in exchange for a substantial _quid_.
- 502. INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
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- 503. INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.
- 504. INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest i ...
- 505. INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilit ...
- 506. INNATE, adj. Natural, inherent -- as innate ideas, that is to say, ideas that we are born with, havi ...
- 507. INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds, but mostly memor ...
- 508. INSECTIVORA, n.
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- 509. INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfo ...
- 510. Insurance: An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comforta ...
- 511. INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad go ...
- 512. Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad gover ...
- 513. INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effec ...
- 514. Interpreter: One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeatin ...
- 515. INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cush ...
- 516. INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
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- 517. INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and t ...
- 518. Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it ...
- 519. IRRELIGION, n. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.
- 520. Irreligion. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.
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