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Relation Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
- REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid…
- A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too long…
- 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…
- TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us…
- INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
- 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…
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