1695 Quotations with Play.
- 41. Dag Hammarskjold: It is when we all play safe that we create a world of the utmost insecurity.
- 42. Benjamin Disraeli: A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-kno ...
- 43. Sigmund Freud: Innately, children seem to have little true realistic anxiety. They will run alo ...
- 44. Ambrose Bierce: BLACKGUARD, n. A man whose qualities, prepared for display like a box of berries ...
- 45. Ambrose Bierce: CAMEL, n. A quadruped (the _Splaypes humpidorsus_) of great value to the show bu ...
- 46. Ambrose Bierce: CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exh ...
- 47. Ambrose Bierce: DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number -- just enough to permit a ...
- 48. Ambrose Bierce: DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy i ...
- 49. Ambrose Bierce: DRAMATIST, n. One who adapts plays from the French.
- 50. Ambrose Bierce: ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caus ...
- 51. Ambrose Bierce: END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.
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- 52. Ambrose Bierce: GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading a ...
- 53. Ambrose Bierce: HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble office ...
- 54. Ambrose Bierce: HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits.
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- 55. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 56. Ambrose Bierce: INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the com ...
- 57. Ambrose Bierce: INCUBUS, n. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not who ...
- 58. Ambrose Bierce: INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitte ...
- 59. Ambrose Bierce: JEWS-HARP, n. An unmusical instrument, played by holding it fast with the teeth ...
- 60. Ambrose Bierce: LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man ...
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