Quote

PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.

Ambrose Bierce

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Solutions
Plebeian
Ancient
Patrician
Blood
Plebeians
Hands
Stained
Nothing
Saturated
Country
Roman
Distinguished
Solution

More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Image
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for bliss. It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known that sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider
Ambrose Bierce
Image
FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs
Ambrose Bierce
Image
HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
Ambrose Bierce
Image
DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.
Ambrose Bierce