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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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«RANSOM, n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
buyer, buyers, investments, purchase, seller, The Purchase
«RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.»
«PLOW, n. An implement that cries aloud for hands accustomed to the pen.»
«PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanishing opportunity.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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brass band, brass bands, concomitance, lamenting, observing, reticence, reticences, vanishing, wrest, wrested
«POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
burial, confessing, cradle, Cradle To The Grave, lacking, organ
«POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.»
«PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.»
«PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom --and of whom only --it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! -- An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer -- I'm passing with a wide and open ear! --Jonathan Fomry»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
acclimation, countrymen, Elector, electors, Gent, gents, Jonathan, positively, varlet
«PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate.»
«PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.»
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