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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.»
«FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.The sea was calm and the sky was blue; Merrily, merrily sailed we two.(High barometer maketh glad.) On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout, The tempest descended and we fell out.(O the walking is nasty bad!) --Armit Huff Bettle»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
bad weather, barometer, Big Blue, descended, dreadful, fair weather, foul, high sea, huff, huffing, huffs, merrily, nasty, shout, tempest, tempests, The Big Blue, The Tempest, The Walking, tipsy
«Female: One of the opposing, or unfair, sex»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
female, opposing, unfair
«Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Dawn,
Men,
Reason,
Sleep,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
go to bed
«RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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Church of, Church of England, England, Other Two, parochial, rector, rectors, The Church, The Church of, The Other Two, The Third, third person, trinity, vicar, vicars
«TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
abstains, strong drink, teetotaler, tolerably
«Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Philosophy
| Keywords:
from nowhere, leading, nowhere, roads, route, routed, routes
«DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
an American, breakfast, dejeuner, Paris, pronounced, variously
«HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of seeming to be what he depises.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Hypocrisy
| Keywords:
hypocrite, profession, secures, seeming
«Prophecy: The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
credibility, delivery, prophecy, selling
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