“Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: wedding
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve
“Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: religion
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Bride: A woman with a fine prospect
“Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: happiness
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman,
“Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron – namely, that he is a blockhead.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: power
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Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable
“Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: experience
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger
“Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: truth
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear,
“Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: hope
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What this country needs what every country
“What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: patriotism
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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours,
“Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: time
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch
“Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: patriotism
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit
“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: business
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