REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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