Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
AMBROSE BIERCEAccordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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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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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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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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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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