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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

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  • The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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  • The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
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  • The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
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  • The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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  • There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and praiseworthy.
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  • There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet - two clarionets.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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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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  • They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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  • Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.
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  • To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
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  • To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
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  • To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
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  • Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
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  • Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
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  • Twice: Once too often.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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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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  • War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
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  • We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
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  • What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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  • When in Rome, do as Rome does.
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