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Compound Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human…
- Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
- Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle.…
- Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to…
- INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. The…
- Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the…
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- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation… — Ambrose Bierce