Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

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The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.

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Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone and as irrational as a headless hen.

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A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing

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WEATHER,†The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons†whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle

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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

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FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

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RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.

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The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

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DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

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

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

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Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

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

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