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Quality Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of…
- The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
- PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
- WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath,"…
- REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon…
- ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy…
- TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the…
- PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of…
- moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
- Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.
- Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
- Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the…
- INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. The…
- Perfection is an imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
More Quality Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
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- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
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- Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. — Wystan Hugh Auden
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- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
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