1528 Quotations with Himself.
- 101. Ambrose Bierce: ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to ...
- 102. Ambrose Bierce: ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pl ...
- 103. Ambrose Bierce: BAPTISM, n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself in heaven w ...
- 104. Ambrose Bierce: CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, th ...
- 105. Ambrose Bierce: CONTROVERSY, n. A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-b ...
- 106. Ambrose Bierce: CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to pl ...
- 107. Ambrose Bierce: DANGER, n.
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- 108. Ambrose Bierce: DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to hims ...
- 109. Ambrose Bierce: DRUIDS, n. Priests and ministers of an ancient Celtic religion which did not dis ...
- 110. Ambrose Bierce: EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus a ...
- 111. Ambrose Bierce: EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
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- 112. Ambrose Bierce: EMANCIPATION, n. A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism ...
- 113. Ambrose Bierce: EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wish ...
- 114. Ambrose Bierce: FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to ...
- 115. Ambrose Bierce: FOOL, n. A person who pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffus ...
- 116. Ambrose Bierce: GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The ...
- 117. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 118. Ambrose Bierce: HADES, n. The lower world; the residence of departed spirits; the place where th ...
- 119. Ambrose Bierce: HOVEL, n. The fruit of a flower called the Palace.
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- 120. Ambrose Bierce: IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in t ...
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