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Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 29

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SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as... the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt.

SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as... the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt.

Religious, Character, Cat

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2506, Delphi Classics

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.

Time

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.170, 谷月社

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.

Struggle, Wicked, Oblivion

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.151, 谷月社

WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.

Affliction, Tongue, Unexpected

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2539, Delphi Classics

recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.

Recalls, Known

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.177, 谷月社

Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.

Wish, Devil, Boards

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2697, Delphi Classics

PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."

Music, Body, Action

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.170, 谷月社

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

Scotland, America, Kilts

Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.693, Library of America

An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

Running, Wine, Alcohol

REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose

Art, Work, Skills

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.300, ReadHowYouWant.com

The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

Mean, Pride, Thinking

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.215, University of Georgia Press

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

Work, Issues, Stories

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.117, Courier Corporation

A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.

Kings, Office, Sovereign

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.200, 谷月社

A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.

Names, Popularity, Newspapers

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.152, University of Georgia Press

Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like.

Kings, Neighbor, Authority

Ambrose Bierce (1996). “Poems of Ambrose Bierce”, p.62, U of Nebraska Press

MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter (see Molecule). The monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation - containing all the powers and possibilities needful to his evolution into a German philosopher . .

Mind, Molecules, Body

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.145, 谷月社

To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.

Honor, Advantage, Renounce

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.176, ReadHowYouWant.com

The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.

Two, Musical, Instruments

A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play.

Character, Italian, Play

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.334, ReadHowYouWant.com

Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough if it were simply defensive, but it is also aggressive . . . Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part . . . Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone.

Country, War, Believe

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

Faith, Punishment, Followers

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.181, 谷月社

I think I think, therefore I think I am.

Math, Thinking, Logic

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.

Clever, Philistines, Remarks

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.136, Courier Corporation

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

Sarcastic, Tools, Dupes

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.179, University of Georgia Press

In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.

Forgiving, Indifference, Injury

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales”, p.238, tredition

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