Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
AMBROSE BIERCERUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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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.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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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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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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