1561 Quotations with Vent.
- 121. Ambrose Bierce: PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an ...
- 122. Ambrose Bierce: RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, _Homo ventrambulans_.
- 123. Ambrose Bierce: REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and hono ...
- 124. Ambrose Bierce: RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, ...
- 125. Ambrose Bierce: ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In ...
- 126. Ambrose Bierce: SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the wo ...
- 127. Ambrose Bierce: SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall o ...
- 128. Ambrose Bierce: SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people wi ...
- 129. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...
- 130. Ambrose Bierce: SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most chara ...
- 131. Ambrose Bierce: STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following ...
- 132. Ambrose Bierce: THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the ...
- 133. Ambrose Bierce: USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being C ...
- 134. Ambrose Bierce: WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among per ...
- 135. Ambrose Bierce: WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted charact ...
- 136. Max Planck: A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making t ...
- 137. William Coronel: Don't spend $2 to dry clean a shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army. T ...
- 138. Peter De Vries: My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he cou ...
- 139. Jerry Falwell: The argument that making contraceptives available to young people would prevent ...
- 140. Don DeLillo: Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.
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