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American Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
- Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
- Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.
- Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition…
- REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of…
- Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle…
- NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
- REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
- TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of…
- TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect ("Glossina morsitans") whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients…
- LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
- MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.
- RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
- DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.
- PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
- SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew…
- YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown.
- GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
- CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition…
- TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the individual, toping is regarded with disesteem, but toping nations are in…
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- When I was a kid, I really loved Indians. Native Americans. Pardon. Me. — Dave Attell
- Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their… — John Avlon
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. — Irving Babbitt
- Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America. — Joe Baca
- Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day. — Joe Baca
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