Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 11

• I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Thinking

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

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  Men, Feelings, Enemy

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2374, Delphi Classics

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• Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

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  Jealous, Reality, Losing

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.115, 谷月社

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• Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.

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  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Religious

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.226, 谷月社

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• There are two instruments worse than a clarinet - two clarinets.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Two, Instruments, Clarinet

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• Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

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  Peace, War, Military

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.202, University of Georgia Press

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• HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Hands, Pockets, Arms

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.105, University of Georgia Press

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• A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

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  Wedding, Two, Ceremony

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.233, 谷月社

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• COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.

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  Money, Pockets, Kind

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.38, University of Georgia Press

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• EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

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  Country, Ambassadors, Exile

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.60, 谷月社

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• WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

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  Christian, Food, Wine

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.238, University of Georgia Press

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• The sum of religion, says Pythagoras, is to be like him thou worshipest. Had Pythagoras lived in our day he would have seen his mistake. The sum of modern religion is to make him thou worshipest like unto thyself.

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  Mistake, Modern, Thyself

  Ambrose Bierce (1968). “The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist”

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• Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.

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  Country, Usa, Littles

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.7, University of Georgia Press

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• Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

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  Wine, Definitions, Connoisseur

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• Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

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  Life, Spiritual, Decay

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.126, 谷月社

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• ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.

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  Mother, Motherhood, Accountability

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.11, University of Georgia Press

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• Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.

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  Success, Death, Achievement

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.8, 谷月社

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• In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.

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  Joy, Atheism, Doctrine

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.182, 谷月社

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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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  Character, Judging, Inquiry

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.224, 谷月社

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• PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

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  Pigs, Games, Politics

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.187, University of Georgia Press

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• Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

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  Power, Eulogy, Wealth

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.71, University of Georgia Press

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• Truth is so good a thing that falsehood can not afford to be without it.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Truth Is, Can Not, Falsehood

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2691, Delphi Classics

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• Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Patriotic, Names, Patriotism

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.160, 谷月社

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• Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

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  Government, Genius, Bears

  Ambrose Bierce, Brian St. Pierre (1987). “The Devil's advocate: an Ambrose Bierce reader”, Chronicle Books (CA)

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• Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

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  Life, Ambition, Reality

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 17

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