Quotes about Ambrose Bierce

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

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A man is known by the company he organizes.

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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

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Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not...

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Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

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Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.

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Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

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Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

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Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your...

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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

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