Ambrose Bierce on belief
Ambrose Bierce108 quotes“Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.”
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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