A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
AMBROSE BIERCEARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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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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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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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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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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