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- Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
- SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has…
- KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of…
- NEWTONIAN, Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to…
- Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.
- GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention…
- Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss".
- FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose…
- BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it…
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- I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. — Balthus
- I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up! — Ingrid Bergman
- I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.' — Jeff Bezos
- Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
- I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat,… — Elayne Boosler
- I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. — David Bowie
- Truth exists; only lies are invented. — Georges Braque
- I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it. — Sarah Brightman
- The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it. — Alton Brown
- The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. — Sid Caesar