1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 821. PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is bett ...
- 822. PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perp ...
- 823. PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
- 824. PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heave ...
- 825. PREROGATIVE, n. A sovereign's right to do wrong.
- 826. PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should b ...
- 827. PRESCRIPTION, n. A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the ...
- 828. Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the pat ...
- 829. Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the pat ...
- 830. PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
- 831. PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
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- 832. PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perf ...
- 833. PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
- 834. PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positi ...
- 835. PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate.
- 836. PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
- 837. PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. ...
- 838. PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that --
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- 839. PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in h ...
- 840. PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork t ...
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