Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 2

• Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.

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  Faith, Christian, Spiritual

  Ambrose Bierce (1906). “The Cynic's Word Book”, p.49, Lulu.com

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• A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

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  Inspiring, Success, Failure

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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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• Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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  Love, Funny, Marriage

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.155, University of Georgia Press

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• Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

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  Thinking, Philosopher, Made

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.28, 谷月社

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• Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

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  Art, Weather, Painting

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2476, Delphi Classics

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• There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.

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  Would Be, Telephones, Teach

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• In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

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  Funny, Integrity, Heart

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.68, University of Georgia Press

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• Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

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  Truth, Common Sense, Utterance

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.90, University of Georgia Press

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• MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

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  Hero, People, Body

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.148, 谷月社

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• Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command

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  Maturity, Celebrate, Ceremony

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• Men who expect universal peace through invention of destructive weapons of war are no wiser than one who, noting the improvement of agricultural implements, should prophesy an end to the tilling of the soil.

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  War, Men, Weapons

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2696, Delphi Classics

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• They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.

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  Vanity, Eggs, Hens

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.379, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.

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  Two, Alcohol, Four

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.29, University of Georgia Press

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• self-esteem, n. An erroneous appraisal.

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  Self Esteem, Ego, Appraisal

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• Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.

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  Sorrow, Accepting, Lost

  "The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce". Book by Ambrose Bierce, 1911.

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• RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

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  Character, Rumor, Assassins

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.110, Courier Corporation

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• For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

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  Men, Vocabulary, Names

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.87, Courier Corporation

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• Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

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  Doubt, Lasts, Frontiers

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• A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.

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  Revolution, Violent, Mismanagement

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• diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

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  Sarcastic, Country, Art

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.47, 谷月社

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• LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.

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  Life, Spiritual, Loss

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.150, University of Georgia Press

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

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  Sarcastic, Patience, Virtue

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

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  Country, Stupid, Power

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

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  Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

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  Inspirational, Sarcastic, Business

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “The Eyes of the Panther (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)”, p.20, Read Books Ltd

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