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Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 34

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DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

Fear, Generosity, Support

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.53, University of Georgia Press

HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.

Food, Cooking, Definitions

Ambrose Bierce (1958). “The Devil's Dictionary: A Selection of the Bitter Definitions of Ambrose Bierce”, p.70, Prabhat Prakashan

Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.

Names, Giving, Memorial

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.221, University of Georgia Press

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

Wisdom, Teeth, Weak

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.12, University of Georgia Press

Immoral" is the judgment of the stalled ox on the gamboling lamb.

Lambs, Morality, Judgment

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

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

Religion, Titles, Advantage

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.146, 谷月社

IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral.

Running, Men, Numbers

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.98, 谷月社

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

Food, Men, Oysters

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.177, University of Georgia Press

PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central Africa only. The Pigmies are so called to distinguish them from the bulkier Caucasians - who are Hogmies.

Men, World, Tribes

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.182, University of Georgia Press

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.

Mean, Men, Enemy

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.226, 谷月社

Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

Women, Missing, Titles

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

Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense.

Missing, Sound, Titles

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

When in Rome, do as Rome does.

Rome, Cities, Doe

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass.

Freedom, Garden, May

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.109, Courier Corporation

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

Death, Feet, Graves

Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.47, Sheba Blake Publishing

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.

Religious, Nuts, Affair

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.60, 谷月社

OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.

Law, Deities, Made

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

PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe], followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.

Father, Taken, Europe

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.182, University of Georgia Press

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

Indifference, Distinction, Indifferent

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.105, 谷月社

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.

Love, Funny, Marriage

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1223, Delphi Classics

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.

Brain, Bears, Idiot

Ambrose Bierce (1964). “Ghost and Horror Stories”, p.147, Courier Corporation

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.

Truth, Stories, Narrative

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.217, University of Georgia Press

To those who view the voyage of life from the port of departure the bark that has accomplished any considerable distance appears already in close approach to the farther shore.

Life, Distance, Views

Ambrose Bierce (2015). “Can Such Things Be?”, p.3, Sheba Blake Publishing

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

Digging, Purpose, Truce

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.194, University of Georgia Press

CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.

Men, Law, Body

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.34, 谷月社

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