1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 1081. WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of inte ...
- 1082. WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advan ...
- 1083. We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subje ...
- 1084. WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male o ...
- 1085. WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does no ...
- 1086. WEDDING, n. A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothin ...
- 1087. WEREWOLF, n. A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of evil disposition, h ...
- 1088. WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.
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- 1089. What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republi ...
- 1090. What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive th ...
- 1091. WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can with some difficulty be made, and which is ...
- 1092. When in Rome, do as Rome does.
- 1093. WHITE, adj. and n. Black.
- 1094. WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ' ...
- 1095. WINE, n. Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." ...
- 1096. WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
- 1097. Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
- 1098. WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful a ...
- 1099. WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pl ...
- 1100. Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is please ...
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