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Sides Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
- Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
- LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to…
- TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were:…
- ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden.
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