20587 Quotations with Ther.
- 1181. Ambrose Bierce: BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters -- the most difficult kind of Englis ...
- 1182. Ambrose Bierce: BONDSMAN, n. A fool who, having property of his own, undertakes to become respon ...
- 1183. Ambrose Bierce: BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, sepa ...
- 1184. Ambrose Bierce: CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
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- 1185. Ambrose Bierce: CAMEL, n. A quadruped (the _Splaypes humpidorsus_) of great value to the show bu ...
- 1186. Ambrose Bierce: CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel.
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- 1187. Ambrose Bierce: CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celeb ...
- 1188. Ambrose Bierce: CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance -- ...
- 1189. Ambrose Bierce: CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his e ...
- 1190. Ambrose Bierce: CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over history -- w ...
- 1191. Ambrose Bierce: CONSULT, v.i. To seek another's disapproval of a course already decided on.
- 1192. Ambrose Bierce: CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to pl ...
- 1193. Ambrose Bierce: CROSS, n. An ancient religious symbol erroneously supposed to owe its significan ...
- 1194. Ambrose Bierce: CURIOSITY, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know wh ...
- 1195. Ambrose Bierce: DAMN, v. A word formerly much used by the Paphlagonians, the meaning of which is ...
- 1196. Ambrose Bierce: DANCE, v.i. To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms ...
- 1197. Ambrose Bierce: DAWN, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise a ...
- 1198. Ambrose Bierce: DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided i ...
- 1199. Ambrose Bierce: DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over anoth ...
- 1200. Ambrose Bierce: DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was i ...
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