1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 741. Patriotism: Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
- 742. Patriotism: Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
- 743. Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
- 744. PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
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- 745. PEDESTRIAN, n. The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile.
- 746. PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban d ...
- 747. PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
- 748. PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as ex ...
- 749. PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, ...
- 750. PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wron ...
- 751. Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
- 752. PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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- 753. PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalen ...
- 754. PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his ...
- 755. Philanthropist. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his co ...
- 756. PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, ...
- 757. PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
- 758. Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
- 759. PHOENIX, n. The classical prototype of the modern "small hot bird."
- 760. PHONOGRAPH, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.
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