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Commonly Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is…
- Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
- Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
- Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty)…
- Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The…
- Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their…
- The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly…
- MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of…
- BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man…
- CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of…
- PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous,…
- STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.
- ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
- KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to…
- SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read…
- 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…
- Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth…
- PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an…
- HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
- RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and is even said to have been used in a fable…
- SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read…
- LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or…
- 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…
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- It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is… — Francis Bacon
- Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. — Francis Bacon
- Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely,… — Ambrose Bierce
- Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. — Ambrose Bierce
- Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. — Ambrose Bierce
- Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege… — Ambrose Bierce
- It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of… — Nicolas Chamfort
- As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a… — Lord Chesterfield
- It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. — Edmond H. Fischer
- The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
- The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. — Doug Larson
- In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. — John Bunyan