Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
AMBROSE BIERCEA 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.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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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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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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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.
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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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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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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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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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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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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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