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title: "42 Persons Quotes By Ambrose Bierce"
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> [PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/providential-adj-unexpectedly-and-conspicuously-beneficial-to-the/)

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> [CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/close-fisted-adj-unduly-desirous-of-keeping-that-which-many/)

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> [A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-less-popular-name-for-the-second-person-of-that-delectable/)

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> [HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hospitality-n-the-virtue-which-induces-us-to-feed-and-lodge-certain/)

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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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> [Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/glutton-a-person-who-escapes-the-evils-of-moderation-by-committing/)

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> [DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/discriminate-v-i-to-note-the-particulars-in-which-one-person-or-thing/)

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> [ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/orphan-n-a-living-person-whom-death-has-deprived-of-the-power-of/)

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> [Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/aborigines-n-persons-of-little-worth-found-cumbering-the-soil-of-a/)

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> [KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-america-as-a-crowned-head/)

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> [Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/feast-n-a-festival-a-religious-celebration-usually-signalized-by/)

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> [MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/miscreant-n-a-person-of-the-highest-degree-of-unworth-etymologically/)

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> [PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction - prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/pillory-n-a-mechanical-device-for-inflicting-personal-distinction/)

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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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> [NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/nominate-v-to-designate-for-the-heaviest-political-assessment-to-put/)

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> [GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/generous-adj-originally-this-word-meant-noble-by-birth-and-was/)

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> [Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/mad-adj-affected-with-a-high-degree-of-intellectual-independence-not/)

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> [WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/weather-n-the-climate-of-an-hour-a-permanent-topic-of-conversation/)

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> [Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/certain-old-men-prefer-to-rise-at-dawn-taking-a-cold-bath-and-a-long/)

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> [CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/cunning-n-the-faculty-that-distinguishes-a-weak-animal-or-person-from/)

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> [USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/usage-n-the-first-person-of-the-literary-trinity-the-second-and-third/)

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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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> [HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholicity-of-its-appetite-and/)

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> [GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/goose-n-a-bird-that-supplies-quills-for-writing-these-by-some-occult/)

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> [We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-that-all-men-are-created-4/)

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> [UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/universalist-n-one-who-forgoes-the-advantage-of-a-hell-for-persons-of/)

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> [Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/immigrant-an-unenlightened-person-who-thinks-one-country-better-than/)

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> [critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/critic-n-a-person-who-boasts-himself-hard-to-please-because-nobody/)

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> [A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-person-of-greater-enterprise-than-discretion-who-in-embracing-an/)

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> [RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/russian-n-a-person-with-a-caucasian-body-and-a-mongolian-soul-a/)

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> [SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/scrap-book-n-a-book-that-is-commonly-edited-by-a-fool-many-persons-of/)

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> [MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/monarch-n-a-person-engaged-in-reigning-formerly-the-monarch-ruled-as/)

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> [CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/centaur-n-one-of-a-race-of-persons-who-lived-before-the-division-of/)

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> [A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-wedding-is-a-ceremony-at-which-two-persons-undertake-to-become-one/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/ridicule-n-words-designed-to-show-that-the-person-of-whom-they-are/)

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> [ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/acquaintance-n-a-person-whom-we-know-well-enough-to-borrow-from-but-2/)

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> [INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/interpreter-n-one-who-enables-two-persons-of-different-languages-to/)

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> [INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to - in opposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/infalapsarian-n-one-who-ventures-to-believe-that-adam-need-not-have/)

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> [Clarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/clarinet-n-an-instrument-of-torture-operated-by-a-person-with-cotton/)

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> [ GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These \[quills\] when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/goose-n-a-bird-that-supplies-quills-for-writing-these-quills-when/)

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> [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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                        "text": "HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and Jews, the hog is not in favor as an article of diet, but is respected for the delicacy and the melody of its voice. It is chiefly as a songster that the fowl is esteemed; the cage of him in full chorus has been known to draw tears from two persons at once. The scientific name of this dicky-bird is _Porcus Rockefelleri_. Mr. Rockefeller did not discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.",
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                        "text": "GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various degrees of the bird's intellectual energies and emotional character, so that when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called an \"author,\" there results a very fair and accurate transcript of the fowl's thought and feeling. The difference in geese, as discovered by this ingenious method, is considerable: many are found to have only trivial and insignificant powers, but some are seen to be very great geese indeed.",
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                        "text": "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers.",
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