1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 1001. SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed les ...
- 1002. SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. Plato held that thos ...
- 1003. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
- 1004. SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in th ...
- 1005. STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not be ...
- 1006. Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.
- 1007. SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. In literature, and particularly in poetr ...
- 1008. SUFFRAGE, n. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be ...
- 1009. Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to ...
- 1010. SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and ...
- 1011. SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (S ...
- 1012. SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and bef ...
- 1013. SYMBOL, n. Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere " ...
- 1014. SYMBOLIC, adj. Pertaining to symbols and the use and interpretation of symbols.
They say 'tis con ...
- 1015. T, the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, was by the Greeks absurdly called _tau_. In the alp ...
- 1016. TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
Ol ...
- 1017. TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an ind ...
- 1018. TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.
- 1019. TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.
- 1020. TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed ...
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