1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 621. MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
- 622. MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
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- 623. MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
- 624. Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
- 625. Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
- 626. ME, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominativ ...
- 627. MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hu ...
- 628. MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less aut ...
- 629. MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
- 630. MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
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- 631. Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
- 632. MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white ...
- 633. MENDACIOUS, adj. Addicted to rhetoric.
- 634. MERCHANT, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pur ...
- 635. MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.
- 636. MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner ...
- 637. METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism.
- 638. MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers ...
- 639. MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endea ...
- 640. MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
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