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Given Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition…
- BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.
- MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled…
- OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the…
- Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
- INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary _quo_ given in exchange for a substantial _quid_.
- CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition…
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