376 Quotations with Refer.
- 21. Ambrose Bierce: DRUIDS, n. Priests and ministers of an ancient Celtic religion which did not dis ...
- 22. Ambrose Bierce: EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their fr ...
- 23. Ambrose Bierce: FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider t ...
- 24. Ambrose Bierce: GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good r ...
- 25. Ambrose Bierce: HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally ab ...
- 26. Ambrose Bierce: INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the com ...
- 27. Ambrose Bierce: INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitte ...
- 28. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 29. Ambrose Bierce: PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief th ...
- 30. Ambrose Bierce: PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat pref ...
- 31. Ambrose Bierce: RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known ...
- 32. Ambrose Bierce: REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to ...
- 33. Ambrose Bierce: SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authen ...
- 34. Ambrose Bierce: SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most chara ...
- 35. Ambrose Bierce: STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following ...
- 36. Ambrose Bierce: TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.
- 37. Ambrose Bierce: TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of ...
- 38. Ambrose Bierce: TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_) whose bite i ...
- 39. Ambrose Bierce: WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among per ...
- 40. Logan Pearsall Smith: People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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