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Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«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
«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)
| Keywords:
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
«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