1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 661. MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general exped ...
- 662. MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.
- 663. MOUSE, n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women. As in Rome Christians were thrown to ...
- 664. MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But "mousquetaire" is ...
- 665. MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.
- 666. MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A ...
- 667. MULATTO, n. A child of two races, ashamed of both.
- 668. MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the s ...
- 669. MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, ...
- 670. MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an Eng ...
- 671. MYRMIDON, n. A follower of Achilles -- particularly when he didn't lead.
- 672. NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost ...
- 673. NEGRO, n. The _piece de resistance_ in the American political problem. Representing him by the lette ...
- 674. NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make u ...
- 675. NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.
- 676. NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that a ...
- 677. NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is ...
- 678. NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, parti ...
- 679. NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and ...
- 680. NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of ci ...
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