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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

«INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
«PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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