Bait Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bait Beauty Hook Kind Kindness Preparation
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Bait is made to look SO good you OVERlook the trap. Whether scratched or scarred you ALWAYS get hurt giving in to Temptation. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I don't know what it is really... I think I'm just good with hooks. — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
Bait N' Tackle - The sailors used this one in the old Navy days. Before you go off for a long,lonely voyage, get yourself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
So, Diana thought, that was the bait she had to lay out for Jack. Of course. What else? He might lust for Diana, and… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. To win… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
As children, we dug for worms or we used crawdads for bait. We caught catfish, or crappies, a delicous fish. — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and birds have either fled… — Peter Cundall Copy Share Image
Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden yellow, some grey pink… — Kuki Gallmann Copy Share Image
A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys. — Baden Powell de Aquino Copy Share Image
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We are assailed by the temptation of the love of money. If you wish to acquire riches ? they are the bait of the… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
During the run up to the Iraq War, Mike Farrell and I did get on television kind of frequently, but then they saw that… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
