“The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: knowledge
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Litigant. A person about to give up
“Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: hope
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Dawn: When men of reason go to
“Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: men
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Consul – in American politics, a person
“Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: politics
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Beauty, n: the power by which a
“Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: power
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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or
“Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: great
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Experience – the wisdom that enables us
“Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: wisdom
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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where
“Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Category: truth
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Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious
“Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: technology
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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate
“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
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Category: age
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has
“Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: power
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