Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
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"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
Ambrose Bierce The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce
"TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
Ambrose Bierce
"Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
"To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense."
Ambrose Bierce
"Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage."
Ambrose Bierce
"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."
Ambrose Bierce
"Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows."
Ambrose Bierce
"Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."
Ambrose Bierce
"When you doubt, abstain."
Ambrose Bierce
"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
Ambrose Bierce
"Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly."
Ambrose Bierce
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
Ambrose Bierce
"Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization."
Ambrose Bierce
"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."
Ambrose Bierce
"Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment."
Ambrose Bierce
"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
Ambrose Bierce
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
Ambrose Bierce
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic."
Ambrose Bierce
"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
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