Creative Quotations from . . .
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) born on Jun 24
US "journalist, short-story writer". "He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution."
 
   
F
RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans"."

R
"REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion."
A
"PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters."
N
"RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth."
K
"REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
R: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
A: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
N: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
K: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."



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