1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 521. ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman.
- 522. J is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel -- than which nothing could be more ...
- 523. JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth ke ...
- 524. JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the co ...
- 525. JEWS-HARP, n. An unmusical instrument, played by holding it fast with the teeth and trying to brush ...
- 526. JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certai ...
- 527. JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen ...
- 528. K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cera ...
- 529. KEEP, v.t.
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- 530. KILL, v.t. To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.
- 531. KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
- 532. KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be tr ...
- 533. KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crow ...
- 534. KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a genera ...
- 535. KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A rich thief.
- 536. KNIGHT, n.
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- 537. Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
- 538. KORAN, n. A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, ...
- 539. LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property sub ...
- 540. Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subjec ...
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