Ambrose Bierce Quotes
22 Ambrose Bierce quotes:
"Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."
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"Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility."
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"Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent."
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"Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
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"Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another."
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"Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence."
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"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic."
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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
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"Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband."
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"Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of."
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"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
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"Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage."
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"Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught."
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"Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization."
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"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."
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"Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage."
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"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."
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"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."
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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."
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