Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Ambrose Bierce Quotes: HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
         

HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.


Ambrose Bierce
Check all other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ambrose Bierce Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/HUSBAND-n-One-who-having-dined-is-363016>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ambrose Bierce


Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.



The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.



War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.



In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.



Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.



Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.



Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.



NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.



Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.



Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.





Other quotes you may like


Seek wisdom, and success will find you.

Seek wisdom, and success will find you.



Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory in this way, but the moment the study are in insurance of success. Take your time and be sure.

Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory in this way, but the moment the study are in insurance of success. Take your time and be sure.



If you consulted your business experiences instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter.

If you consulted your business experiences instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter.



I'm not like a high intellectual. That's the thing.

I'm not like a high intellectual. That's the thing.



It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.

It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.



The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.

The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.



We don't always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long.

We don't always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long.



I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.

I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.



The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.

The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.



People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.". Author of this quote is Ambrose Bierce. This quote is about plates, husband, care,.