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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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«ABSENTEE, n. A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove himself from the sphere of exaction.»
«ACCORD, n. Harmony.»
«ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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absently, acephalous, adj, crusader, crusaders, forelock, Saracen, scimitar, surprising, unconsciously
«ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.»
«Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.»
«The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.»
«We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.»
«Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.»
«ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning.Consigned by way of admonition, His soul forever to perdition. --Judibras»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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admonition, axe, consign, consigned, consigns, reproof
«AFFIANCED, pp. Fitted with an ankle-ring for the ball-and-chain.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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affiance, affianced, ankle, ball and chain, fitted
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