Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 13

• YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.

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  Past, Yesterday, Age

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.242, University of Georgia Press

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• Die: To stop sinning suddenly.

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  Dies, Sinning

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• True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

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  Men, Doe, True Man

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.37, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

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  Lying, History, Soldier

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 161

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• The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.

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  Men, Self, Favors

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

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• Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

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  Optimistic, White, Optimism

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

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• PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

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  Art, Future, Practice

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

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• Molecule, n.: The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter ... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.

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  Ions, Molecules, Atoms

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.165, University of Georgia Press

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• What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself.

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  Men, Devotion, Distinction

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2690, Delphi Classics

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• ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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  Demand, Lasts, Diplomacy

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.227, 谷月社

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• ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.

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  Views, Knowing, Matter

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2352, Delphi Classics

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• HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.

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  Kindness, Animal, Hydra

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.94, 谷月社

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• ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long.

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  Life, Long, Rope

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2504, Delphi Classics

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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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  Dog, Literature, World

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.48, 谷月社

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• URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others.

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  New York, Rights, Expression

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2534, Delphi Classics

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• REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

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  Prejudice, Reason

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.177, 谷月社

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• A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

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  Stupidity, Taxes, Lottery

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• Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else

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  Home, Energy, Causes

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

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• PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

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  Pain, Mind, Done

  Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.743, Library of America

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• The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

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  Horse, Children, Animal

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.31, 谷月社

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• Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

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  Musical, Assassins, Harmony

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.7, 谷月社

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• REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.

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  Art, Nature, Moles

  Ambrose Bierce (2000). “Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: and Other Stories”, p.18, Penguin

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• Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

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  Process, Labor, Property

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2444, Delphi Classics

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• PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.

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  Funny, Music, Keys

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.224, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

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  Eye, Thinking, Age

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1221, Delphi Classics

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