1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 141. BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND.
- 142. CAABA, n. A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved a ...
- 143. CABBAGE, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
The cabbag ...
- 144. Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
- 145. Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
- 146. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- 147. CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
When Zeno was told ...
- 148. CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
- 149. CAMEL, n. A quadruped (the _Splaypes humpidorsus_) of great value to the show business. There are tw ...
- 150. CANNIBAL, n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natur ...
- 151. CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.
- 152. Cannon: An instrument used in the rectification of national boundaries.
- 153. CANONICALS, n. The motley worm by Jesters of the Court of Heaven.
- 154. CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table ...
- 155. CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel.
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- 156. CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assign ...
- 157. CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogit ...
- 158. CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.
- 159. CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone- ...
- 160. CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such ...
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