1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 721. OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; ...
- 722. OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removi ...
- 723. PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being do ...
- 724. PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
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- 725. Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
- 726. PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a hi ...
- 727. PALM, n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itching palm" (_Palma ho ...
- 728. PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by fals ...
- 729. PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and ...
- 730. PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovide ...
- 731. PANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is ...
- 732. PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagree ...
- 733. PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temp ...
- 734. PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alie ...
- 735. PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable ac ...
- 736. PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
- 737. PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
- 738. Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
- 739. PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of sta ...
- 740. PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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