Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Violence

• BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Baby, Sex, Age

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.16, 谷月社

• REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Strong, War, Gentleman

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.197, University of Georgia Press

• PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Play, Stories, Violence

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.179, University of Georgia Press

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