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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

American writer

Lived from: 1842 - 1914

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 24 june 1842 Died: 1 january 1914

  • Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
  • In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
  • Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

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  • Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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  • Learning. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
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  • Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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  • Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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