Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 3

• Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Country, Stupid, Power

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.230, 谷月社

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• If you want to read a perfect book there is only one way: write it.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Book, Writing, Perfect

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2692, Delphi Classics

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• Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Law, Justice, Mixtures

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• Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Vision, Cynicism, Cynic

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 63

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• Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

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  Funny, Anniversary, Romantic

  Devil's Dictionary (1911) p. 213

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• EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,/ Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:/ From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge/ Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!"

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  Dream, Nudge Nudge, Friendly

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.74, University of Georgia Press

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• Youth looks forward, for nothing is behind! Age backward, for nothing is before.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Age, Looks, Youth

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1219, Delphi Classics

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• Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.

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  Men, Race, Two

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.78, Courier Corporation

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• Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Education, Wise, Wisdom

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 86

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• Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

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  Ties, Debtors, Owing A Debt

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.40, 谷月社

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• Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Attitude

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.175, University of Georgia Press

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• Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Sarcastic, Patience, Virtue

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• The wife, or bitter half.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wife, Half, Bitter

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• Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Friendship, Funny Friend, Weather

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• Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

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  Distance, Rich, Poor

  Ambrose Bierce (2004). “The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary”, p.23, See Sharp Press

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• Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

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  Sarcastic, Mad, Intellectual

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary (or The Cynic's Wordbook: Unabridged with all the Definitions)”, p.126, e-artnow

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• The covers of this book are too far apart.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.3723, Delphi Classics

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• Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Book, Writing, Religion

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2513, Delphi Classics

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• Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Small Parts

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• The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wisdom, Clever, Lying

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• You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Christian, Stupid, Helping

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• He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wise, Believe, Thinking

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1216, Delphi Classics

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• Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

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  Funny, Prayer, Humor

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.96, Courier Corporation

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• UXORIOUSNESS, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.

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  Wife, Affection

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.229, 谷月社

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• Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

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  Sarcastic, Courage, Peace

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.45, ReadHowYouWant.com

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