2293 Quotations with Tell.
- 161. Ambrose Bierce: ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods ...
- 162. Ambrose Bierce: FOOL, n. A person who pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffus ...
- 163. Ambrose Bierce: GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outsid ...
- 164. Ambrose Bierce: GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process ...
- 165. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 166. Ambrose Bierce: INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chi ...
- 167. Ambrose Bierce: INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutu ...
- 168. Ambrose Bierce: LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that na ...
- 169. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 170. Ambrose Bierce: MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conformi ...
- 171. Ambrose Bierce: MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized ...
- 172. Ambrose Bierce: OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critic ...
- 173. Ambrose Bierce: OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and ...
- 174. Ambrose Bierce: OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including wh ...
- 175. Ambrose Bierce: OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence tha ...
- 176. Ambrose Bierce: PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual d ...
- 177. Ambrose Bierce: PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by per ...
- 178. Ambrose Bierce: RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
- 179. Ambrose Bierce: ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
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- 180. Ambrose Bierce: SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall o ...
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