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Bear Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes…
- POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only…
- CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
- Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals,…
- HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many…
- CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he…
- DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number --just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.…
- MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and…
- FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens…
More Bear Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius
- Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — Marcus Aurelius
- What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no,… — Teresa of Avila
- The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Teresa of Avila
- Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and… — Lord Acton
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton
- I watched 'The Muppet Movie' obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a pretty mean… — Amy Adams
- Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. — Honore de Balzac
- Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees… — Bob Barr
- It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you… — Henry Ward Beecher