Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
AMBROSE BIERCEMayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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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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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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