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Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 18

ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.51, 谷月社

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1210, Delphi Classics

Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.106, 谷月社

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.183, University of Georgia Press

Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.94, 谷月社

LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.

Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.707, Library of America

LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.72, Courier Corporation

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.68, University of Georgia Press

A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2489, Delphi Classics

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.61, 谷月社

ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.71, ReadHowYouWant.com

ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.241, 谷月社

A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged”, p.195, Courier Corporation

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.76, 谷月社