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Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914): All Quotations: |
Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Pray, n:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Quotation: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
The covers of this book are too far apart.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and praiseworthy.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
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