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Object Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for…
- MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.
- OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object…
- INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
- Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when…
- Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous.
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- If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as… — Charles Darwin
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- Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object. — Keanu Reeves