Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
AMBROSE BIERCEWine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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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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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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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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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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