Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
AMBROSE BIERCEMarriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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