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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.»
«A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution of the rule of an administration for that of a ministry, whereby the welfare and happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch.»
«The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.»
«YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language --a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
apologies, illuminating, implement, Latin, madam, matrimonial, poignancy, withholding
«WHITE, adj. and n. Black.»
«WORSHIP, n. Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
abjection, construction, form of worship, homo
«TRUCE, n. Friendship.»
«TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.»
«TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
American politics, Great Court, malefactor, malefactors, orphans, Public Enemy, public trust, similar, widows
«International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
arbitration, smoldering, substitution
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