2299 Quotations with Fort.
- 141. Ambrose Bierce: COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness ...
- 142. Ambrose Bierce: COMMONWEALTH, n. An administrative entity operated by an incalculable multitude ...
- 143. Ambrose Bierce: CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yoursel ...
- 144. Ambrose Bierce: DEBAUCHEE, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misf ...
- 145. Ambrose Bierce: EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spi ...
- 146. Ambrose Bierce: FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an op ...
- 147. Ambrose Bierce: FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It app ...
- 148. Ambrose Bierce: FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider t ...
- 149. Ambrose Bierce: FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to u ...
- 150. Ambrose Bierce: GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The ...
- 151. Ambrose Bierce: GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good r ...
- 152. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 153. Ambrose Bierce: HADES, n. The lower world; the residence of departed spirits; the place where th ...
- 154. Ambrose Bierce: HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one.
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- 155. Ambrose Bierce: IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in t ...
- 156. Ambrose Bierce: INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitte ...
- 157. Ambrose Bierce: LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermong ...
- 158. Ambrose Bierce: LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular ...
- 159. Ambrose Bierce: MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open an ...
- 160. Ambrose Bierce: MANES, n. The immortal parts of dead Greeks and Romans. They were in a state of ...
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