Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
AMBROSE BIERCE
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Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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