Quotes about Ambrose Bierce

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

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Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

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

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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

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

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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to...

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Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

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

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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress,...

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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities...

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