20587 Quotations with Ther.
- 1161. Ambrose Bierce: ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to ...

- 1162. Ambrose Bierce: ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and th ...

- 1163. Ambrose Bierce: ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pl ...

- 1164. Ambrose Bierce: ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge a ...

- 1165. Ambrose Bierce: ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justificat ...

- 1166. Ambrose Bierce: ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the hig ...

- 1167. Ambrose Bierce: ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays ...

- 1168. Ambrose Bierce: AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitte ...

- 1169. Ambrose Bierce: ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their ...

- 1170. Ambrose Bierce: ALLIGATOR, n. The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodil ...

- 1171. Ambrose Bierce: APRIL FOOL, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

- 1172. Ambrose Bierce: ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ing ...

- 1173. Ambrose Bierce: ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has no ...

- 1174. Ambrose Bierce: ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear. In Virginia City, Nevada, ...

- 1175. Ambrose Bierce: AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial ...

- 1176. Ambrose Bierce: BAPTISM, n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself in heaven w ...

- 1177. Ambrose Bierce: BAROMETER, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we ar ...

- 1178. Ambrose Bierce: BARRACK, n. A house in which soldiers enjoy a portion of that of which it is the ...

- 1179. Ambrose Bierce: BERENICE'S HAIR, n. A constellation (_Coma Berenices_) named in honor of one who ...

- 1180. Ambrose Bierce: BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there ap ...

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