2001 Quotations with Eath.
- 121. Ambrose Bierce: KEEP, v.t.
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- 122. Ambrose Bierce: LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliate ...
- 123. Ambrose Bierce: LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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- 124. Ambrose Bierce: LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
- 125. Ambrose Bierce: LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man ...
- 126. Ambrose Bierce: LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermong ...
- 127. Ambrose Bierce: LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient f ...
- 128. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 129. Ambrose Bierce: MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as ...
- 130. Ambrose Bierce: MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
- 131. Ambrose Bierce: MOUSE, n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women. As in Rome Christ ...
- 132. Ambrose Bierce: OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running a ...
- 133. Ambrose Bierce: OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including wh ...
- 134. Ambrose Bierce: ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingrat ...
- 135. Ambrose Bierce: PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing t ...
- 136. Ambrose Bierce: PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A ...
- 137. Ambrose Bierce: PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly wit ...
- 138. Ambrose Bierce: PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief th ...
- 139. Ambrose Bierce: PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.
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- 140. Ambrose Bierce: QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal l ...
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