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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.»
«ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.»
«RESIGN, v.t. To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.»
«An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.»
«Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it.»
«Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.»
«Habit: The shackles of the free.»
«Least said is soonest disavowed.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
disavow, disavowed, disavowing, disavows, soonest
«Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
arrange, surgical, surgical operation, temporal, undergoing
«ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden. (From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)He zedjagged so uncomen wyde Thet non coude pas on eyder syde; So, to com saufly thruh, I been Constreynet for to doodge betwene. --Munwele»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
com, Icelandic, jag, pas, side-to-side, uncertainly, zed, zigzag
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