Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things...

A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things...

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from...

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from...

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -...

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -...

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its...

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its...

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of...

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of...

There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that...

Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that...

ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom,...

ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom,...

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a...

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to...

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is...

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is...

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives...

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives...