Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 32

• EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

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  Disease, Poverty, Approval

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.53, 谷月社

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• MAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great Incohonees and Imperial Potentates of the ancient and honorable orders of republican America.

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  Kings, Order, America

  Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.718, Library of America

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• Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

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  Funny, Hope, Giving Up

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.152, University of Georgia Press

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• WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

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  Tyrants, Weakness, Energy

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.232, 谷月社

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• War: A by-product of the arts of peace.

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  Art, War, Products

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.134, Courier Corporation

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• To seek a justification for a decision already made.

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  Choices, Decision, Made

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.194, University of Georgia Press

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• RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries . .

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  Country, Virtue, Introducing

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.108, Courier Corporation

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• New York is too strenuous for me; it gets on my nerves.

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  New York, Nerves

  Ambrose Bierce (1967). “Letters”

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• IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.

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  Growth, Devil, Vices

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.95, 谷月社

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• POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.

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  Mistake, Eels, Agitation

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.166, 谷月社

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• Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

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  Beauty, Husband, Power

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.24, University of Georgia Press

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• LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

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  Tears, Legacy

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.148, University of Georgia Press

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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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  Peace, Powerful, War

  Ambrose Bierce (1912). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: Antepenultimata”

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• The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

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  Marriage, World, Ill

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• Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

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  Spring, Believe, Science

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.180, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.

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  Love, Philosophy, Names

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.165, 谷月社

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• The furrier
  gets the skins of more foxes than asses.

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  Skins, Foxes, Ass

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged”, p.49, Courier Corporation

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• Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption.

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  Truth, Deceptive, Presumption

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.39, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

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  Funny, Humorous, Party

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• Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

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  Success, Thought Provoking, Sin

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• Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

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  Reality, Connections, Enthusiasm

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged”, p.68, Courier Corporation

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• Brain: an apparatus with which we think that we think. Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain.

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  Thinking, Brain, Mind

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 39

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• Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.

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  Death, Suicide, Grief

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.92, University of Georgia Press

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• MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.

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  Leadership, New York, Cities

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.221, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

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  Art, Discovery, America

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.67, 谷月社

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