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Ear Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
- LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
- ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear.
- ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear.
- Noise: a stench in the ear.
- TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us…
- ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear. In Virginia City, Nevada, he is called the Washoe Canary, in Dakota, the…
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