Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 19

• Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Patriotism, Firsts, Scoundrels

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• INDISCRETION, n. The guilt of woman.

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  Guilt

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

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• ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

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  Science, Snakes, Funeral

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

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• ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

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  Guilt, Justification, Wronged

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.8, 谷月社

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• Empty wine bottles have a bad opinion of women.

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  Food, Wine, Bottles

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2696, Delphi Classics

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• POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

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  Pockets, Alive, Sin

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.166, 谷月社

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• POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

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  Police, Protection, Force

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.184, University of Georgia Press

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• LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.

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  Writing, Light, Editors

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.133, 谷月社

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• PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.

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  Tears, Plus, Reasonable

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.171, 谷月社

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• APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider

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  Science, Physicians, Graves

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.12, 谷月社

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• ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

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  Science, Arsenic, Cosmetics

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2357, Delphi Classics

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• Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

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  Travel, Journey, Land

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.203, University of Georgia Press

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• Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

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  Bank Accounts, Liaison, Offspring

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.183, 谷月社

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• VIRTUES, n.pl. Certain abstentions.

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  Virtue, Certain, Certainty

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.230, 谷月社

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• Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom.

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  Lying, Opinion, Assumption

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

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• That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity

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  Friendship, Adversity, Privilege

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.22, University of Georgia Press

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• INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the back.

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  Hands, Injustice, Burden

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.108, 谷月社

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• Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

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  Dream, Assumption, Theology

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2734, Delphi Classics

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• IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.

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  Knowledge, Science, Kind

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.117, University of Georgia Press

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• An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.

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  Wine, Lips, Connoisseur

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.40, University of Georgia Press

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• Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers, which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-smelling.

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  Flower, Color, Vegetables

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.28, University of Georgia Press

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• GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.

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  Alive, Advantage, Sensible

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.98, University of Georgia Press

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• GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

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  Science, Machines, Reason

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.81, 谷月社

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• A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

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  Example, Teeth, Way

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.114, Courier Corporation

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• NOVEL, n. A short story padded.

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  Stories, Literature, Novel

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

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