Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
AMBROSE BIERCELAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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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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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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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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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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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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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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