Tag: Ambrose Bierce
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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