Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
AMBROSE BIERCEA wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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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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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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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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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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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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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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