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Doubt is the father of invention.

Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Stupidity
Invention
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The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or possessions to your own you are permitted only to wish to be another.
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To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.
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KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for bliss. It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.
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Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
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Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.
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PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
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Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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The money-getter who pleads his love of work has a lame defense, for love of work at money-getting is a lower taste than love of money.
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MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.
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