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.
AMBROSE BIERCEBore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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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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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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