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- 141. Ambrose Bierce: PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing bu ...
- 142. Ambrose Bierce: PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom ...
- 143. Ambrose Bierce: READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a ...
- 144. Ambrose Bierce: RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the pla ...
- 145. Ambrose Bierce: REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our rel ...
- 146. Ambrose Bierce: RESIGN, v.t. To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for ...
- 147. Ambrose Bierce: RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a _liaison_ between a bald head and a bank a ...
- 148. Ambrose Bierce: REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but ...
- 149. Ambrose Bierce: REVOLUTION, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Speci ...
- 150. Ambrose Bierce: RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the ind ...
- 151. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inh ...
- 152. Ambrose Bierce: SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous ...
- 153. Ambrose Bierce: SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and folli ...
- 154. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...
- 155. Ambrose Bierce: SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most chara ...
- 156. Ambrose Bierce: TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of ...
- 157. Ambrose Bierce: VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himsel ...
- 158. Ambrose Bierce: ZANZIBARI, n. An inhabitant of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, off the eastern coast ...
- 159. Edouard Manet: The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.
- 160. Ambrose Bierce: Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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