1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 1041. To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
- 1042. To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
- 1043. TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity ...
- 1044. TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the individual, toping is reg ...
- 1045. TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illus ...
- 1046. TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, though through a miscarr ...
- 1047. TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, ...
- 1048. Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, ad ...
- 1049. TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.
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- 1050. TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities c ...
- 1051. TROGLODYTE, n. Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the ...
- 1052. TRUCE, n. Friendship.
- 1053. TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, ...
- 1054. Truth -- an ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
- 1055. TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpo ...
- 1056. TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.
- 1057. TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar p ...
- 1058. TWICE, adv. Once too often.
- 1059. TYPE, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite the ...
- 1060. TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_) whose bite is commonly regarded ...
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