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 BIERCEARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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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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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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