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Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WHITE adj. and n. Black.’…
‘WHITE adj. and n. Black.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Black
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WIT n. The salt with which t…
‘WIT n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Salt
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WITTICISM n. A sharp and cle…
‘WITTICISM n. A sharp and clever remark usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Wit
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘UNIVERSALIST n. One who forg…
‘UNIVERSALIST n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Hell
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘VOTE n. The instrument and s…
‘VOTE n. The instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Symbolism
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘VIRTUES n.pl. Certain absten…
‘VIRTUES n.pl. Certain abstentions.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Virtue
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WALL STREET n. A symbol for …
‘WALL STREET n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Stocks
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘TRUTH n. An ingenious compou…
‘TRUTH n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing … to the end of … Continue reading
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Prospects
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘ZEUS n. The chief of Grecian…
‘ZEUS n. The chief of Grecian gods adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God Gold Mob and Dog.’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: God
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘ZIGZAG v.t. To move forward …
‘ZIGZAG v.t. To move forward uncertainly from side to side as one carrying the white mans burden. (From zed z and jag an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)’
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Zigzag