Giving Quotes - Page 595
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.152, University of Georgia Press
In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.
Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales”, p.238, tredition
RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2492, Delphi Classics
Amanda Palmer (2014). “The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help”, p.286, Hachette UK
What sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which every one else is reading.
Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1240, Delphi Classics