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Less Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.
- I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's…
- Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes…
- MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.
- SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.
- A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.
- READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and…
- MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and…
- ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom, that I could do no less Than give him good…
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