Phrase by 'Ambrose Bierce'

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Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Good , Man , Eat , Snake


Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Who , Legs , Coward , Emergency


Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Mind , Woman , Soul , Quality


Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Name , Patriotism , Ready , Torch


Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Revenge , Patience , Worth , Planning


Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Know , Well , Person , Enough


The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Own , Man , Fall , Hardest


Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Dead , Sinner , Edited , Saint


Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Education , Understanding , Wise , Foolish


Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Author: Ambrose Bierce - American Journalist
  Mom , Feeling , Mother , Child


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