Famous Quotes
186 Quotations with Distinguish.
- 21. Ambrose Bierce: FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the ...
- 22. Ambrose Bierce: FREEMASONS, n. An order with secret rites, grotesque ceremonies and fantastic co ...
- 23. Ambrose Bierce: GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The ...
- 24. Ambrose Bierce: HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the b ...
- 25. Ambrose Bierce: HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior ...
- 26. Ambrose Bierce: I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language, the first ...
- 27. Ambrose Bierce: INCUBUS, n. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not who ...
- 28. Ambrose Bierce: LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and ...
- 29. Ambrose Bierce: LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
- 30. Ambrose Bierce: LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to ha ...
- 31. Ambrose Bierce: LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws ...
- 32. Ambrose Bierce: LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
- 33. Ambrose Bierce: LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom ...
- 34. Ambrose Bierce: MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary on ...
- 35. Ambrose Bierce: MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from ...
- 36. Ambrose Bierce: MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized ...
- 37. Ambrose Bierce: NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to ...
- 38. Ambrose Bierce: NOVEL, n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relati ...
- 39. Ambrose Bierce: PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an ...
- 40. Ambrose Bierce: PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many pa ...