Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used timid. Said chiefly words. A word lexico — Ambrose Bierce, Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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Beware compound adjective, beloved tyro ‘poetess’. — Ambrose Bierce

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exhilaration battle agreeable him, sight dead, clay faces, blank eyes, — Ambrose Bierce, Ghost Stories

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EMBALM, v.i. cheat vegetation locking gases upon feeds. embalming dead — Ambrose Bierce, Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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NIHILIST, n. A Russian denies existence anything Tolstoi. leader schoo — Ambrose Bierce, Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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Hash, x. no definition word – nobody knows hash is.Famous, adj. Conspi — Ambrose Bierce, Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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HOMICIDE, n. slaying one human another. arefour kinds homicide: feloni — Ambrose Bierce, Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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Selfish, adj. Devoid consideration selfishness others. — Ambrose Bierce, Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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civilization, republican form government, intelligence highly honored — Ambrose Bierce

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lunatics, analyze delusion called a philosopher. — Ambrose Bierce, Collected Writings Ambrose Bierce

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