Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
AMBROSE BIERCEDivorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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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.
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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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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.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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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.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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