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Chief Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.
- MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
- NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they…
- NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
- RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For…
- MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility…
- MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His…
- DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and…
- NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they…
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