Inspirational Quotes by Ambrose Bierce · Page 2

A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

— Ambrose Bierce

I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;

— Ambrose Bierce

resolute, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve.

— Ambrose Bierce

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

— Ambrose Bierce

prospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.

— Ambrose Bierce

RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.

— Ambrose Bierce

PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.

— Ambrose Bierce

HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.

— Ambrose Bierce

“No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol, pero hay muchas cosas viejas que nosotros no sabemos.”

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Ambrose Bierce

SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks.

— Ambrose Bierce

GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.

— Ambrose Bierce

REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Ambrose Bierce

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one

— Ambrose Bierce

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

— Ambrose Bierce

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

— Ambrose Bierce

Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

— Ambrose Bierce

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.

— Ambrose Bierce

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.

— Ambrose Bierce

FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.

— Ambrose Bierce

HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.

— Ambrose Bierce

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

— Ambrose Bierce

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.

— Ambrose Bierce

REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.

— Ambrose Bierce

The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.

— Ambrose Bierce

Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

— Ambrose Bierce

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

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predilection, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.

— Ambrose Bierce

pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection.

— Ambrose Bierce

Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.

— Ambrose Bierce

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

— Ambrose Bierce

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

— Ambrose Bierce

You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.

— Ambrose Bierce

UXORIOUSNESS, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Ambrose Bierce

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

— Ambrose Bierce

adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

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FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

— Ambrose Bierce

UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

— Ambrose Bierce