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Bread Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
- WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; . . . also for bread. The French are said to eat…
- WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be…
- OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive…
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