N One Quotes

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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull. — Ambrose Bierce
PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of… — Ambrose Bierce
NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. — Ambrose Bierce
LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly… — Ambrose Bierce
FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. — Ambrose Bierce
SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now… — Ambrose Bierce
INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to - in opposition to the Supralapsarians,… — Ambrose Bierce
EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends. — Ambrose Bierce
BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends. — Ambrose Bierce
SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady… — Ambrose Bierce
CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and… — Ambrose Bierce
HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate. — Ambrose Bierce
PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous,… — Ambrose Bierce
PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. — Ambrose Bierce
LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth. — Ambrose Bierce
PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central… — Ambrose Bierce
DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment. — Ambrose Bierce
UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian. — Ambrose Bierce
UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith. — Ambrose Bierce
LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience. — Ambrose Bierce

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