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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.»
«LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.»
«LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given.»
«RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.»
«ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .»
«ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.»
«OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.»
«PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.»
«RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.»
«PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man.»
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