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Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914): All Quotations: |
Academy: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
An egotist is a person of low taste--more interested in himself than in me.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Belladonna: In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Childhood: The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth -- two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
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