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Ambrose Bierce Inspirational Quotes (940)

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Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable as, the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur..
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You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.
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An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.
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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. What! said one of his disciples, you weep at the death of an enemy? Ah, 'tis true, replied the great Stoic but you should see me smile at the death of a friend..
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The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
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Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
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PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.
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Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.
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Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours.
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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.
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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.
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Spring beckons! All things to the call respond the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
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JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Contempt the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.
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OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.
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