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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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  • Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
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  • Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
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  • Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
    The Devil's Dictionary
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  • Dawn: The time when men of reason go to bed.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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  • Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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  • Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
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  • Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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  • Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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  • Defenceless: Unable to attack.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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  • Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
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  • Dentist: A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.
    The Devil's Dictionary
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  • Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
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  • Discussion: A method of confirming others in their errors.
    The Devil's Dictionary
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  • Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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  • Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
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  • Don't steal; thou it never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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  • Dramatist: One who adapts plays from the French.
    The Devil's Dictionary
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  • Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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  • Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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  • Education is that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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