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title: "32 Kind Quotes By Ambrose Bierce"
description: "32 Kind quotes by Ambrose Bierce. Plus more from Ambrose Bierce and more Kind sayings from other authors."
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> [BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/bait-n-a-preparation-that-renders-the-hook-more-palatable-the-best/)

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> [ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/armor-n-the-kind-of-clothing-worn-by-a-man-whose-tailor-is-a/)

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> [Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/barometer-n-an-ingenious-instrument-which-indicates-what-kind-of/)

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> [Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/nothing-is-more-logical-than-persecution-religious-tolerance-is-a/)

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> [HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hydra-n-a-kind-of-animal-that-the-ancients-catalogued-under-many-heads/)

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> [RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/recreation-n-a-particular-kind-of-dejection-to-relieve-a-general/)

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> [ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/entertainment-n-any-kind-of-amusement-whose-inroads-stop-short-of/)

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> [Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/learning-n-the-kind-of-ignorance-distinguishing-the-studious/)

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> [Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/learning-the-kind-of-ignorance-affected-by-and-affecting-civilized/)

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> [Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/dog-a-kind-of-additional-or-subsidiary-deity-designed-to-catch-the/)

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> [BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/bath-n-a-kind-of-mystic-ceremony-substituted-for-religious-worship/)

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> [Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/boundary-n-in-political-geography-an-imaginary-line-between-two/)

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> [SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/satire-n-an-obsolete-kind-of-literary-composition-in-which-the-vices-2/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/ignoramus-n-a-person-unacquainted-with-certain-kinds-of-knowledge-2/)

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> [ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/elegy-n-a-composition-in-verse-in-which-without-employing-any-of-the/)

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> [LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/linen-n-a-kind-of-cloth-the-making-of-which-when-made-of-hemp-entails/)

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> [LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/logomachy-n-a-war-in-which-the-weapons-are-words-and-the-wounds/)

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> [PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/palm-n-a-species-of-tree-of-which-the-familiar-itching-palm-palma/)

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> [PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/peroration-n-the-explosion-of-an-oratorical-rocket-it-dazzles-but-to/)

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> [Dance, v.i. To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/dance-v-i-to-leap-about-to-the-sound-of-tittering-music-preferably/)

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> [CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/calamity-n-a-more-than-commonly-plain-and-unmistakable-reminder-that/)

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> [Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/homicide-n-the-slaying-of-one-human-by-another-there-are-four-kinds/)

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> [SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/seine-n-a-kind-of-net-for-effecting-an-involuntary-change-of/)

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> [KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/kiss-n-a-word-invented-by-the-poets-as-a-rhyme-for-bliss-it-is/)

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> [The best kind of onion soup is the simplest kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/the-best-kind-of-onion-soup-is-the-simplest-kind/)

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> [ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/arsenic-n-a-kind-of-cosmetic-greatly-affected-by-the-ladies-whom-it-2/)

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> [IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/imbecility-n-a-kind-of-divine-inspiration-or-sacred-fire-affecting/)

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> [COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/commerce-n-a-kind-of-transaction-in-which-a-plunders-from-b-the-goods/)

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> [SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/sarcophagus-n-among-the-greeks-a-coffin-which-being-made-of-a-certain/)

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> [BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters - the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/blank-verse-n-unrhymed-iambic-pentameters-the-most-difficult-kind-of/)

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> [NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/notoriety-n-the-fame-of-one-s-competitor-for-public-honors-the-kind/)

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> [URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/urbanity-n-the-kind-of-civility-that-urban-observers-ascribe-to/)

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## Other authors on Kind

## More by Ambrose Bierce

> [OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/obsessed-p-p-vexed-by-an-evil-spirit-like-the-gadarene-swine-and/)

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> [DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/decide-v-i-to-succumb-to-the-preponderance-of-one-set-of-influences/)

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> [IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/immoral-adj-inexpedient-whatever-in-the-long-run-and-with-regard-to/)

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> [REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/review-v-t-to-set-your-wisdom-holding-not-a-doubt-of-it-although-in/)

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> [CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/clock-n-a-machine-of-great-moral-value-to-man-allaying-his-concern/)

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> [RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/rubbish-n-worthless-matter-such-as-the-religions-philosophies/)

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> [There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/there-was-never-a-genius-who-was-not-thought-a-fool-until-he/)

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> [Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/telephone-n-an-invention-of-the-devil-which-abrogates-some-of-the/)

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> [WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/whangdepootenawah-n-in-the-ojibwa-tongue-disaster-an-unexpected/)

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> [Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/jealous-adj-unduly-concerned-about-the-preservation-of-that-which-can/)

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> [RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/ridicule-n-words-designed-to-show-that-the-person-of-whom-they-are/)

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> [Think twice before you speak to a friend in need](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/think-twice-before-you-speak-to-a-friend-in-need/)

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> [HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hermit-n-a-person-whose-vices-and-follies-are-not-sociable/)

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> [TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/tariff-n-a-scale-of-taxes-on-imports-designed-to-protect-the-domestic/)

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> [A bad marriage is like an electrical thrilling machine: it makes you dance, but you can't let go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-bad-marriage-is-like-an-electrical-thrilling-machine-it-makes-you/)

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