Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce: "REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian."
American | Aversion | Constitutional | Disposition |
Gentlemen | Indian | Insult | North |
Offend | Practiced | Prudent | Repartee |
Retort | Strong | Tactics | Violence |
Words |