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Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
burial, frequenting, hyena, The Oriental
«IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
aspirant, honors, impostor, impostors, rival
«Marriage is the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.»
«Early one June morning in 1872 I murdered my father - an act which made a deep impression on me at the time»
«HEAT, n.Heat, says Professor Tyndall, is a mode Of motion, but I know now how he's proving His point; but this I know --hot words bestowed With skill will set the human fist a-moving, And where it stops the stars burn free and wild._Crede expertum_ --I have seen them, child. --Gorton Swope»
«HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.»
«FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.»
