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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ambrose Bierce quotes about nature

American Journalist, Writer June 24, 1842 – January 11, 1914

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His act was rather that of a harmless lunatic than an enemy. We were not so new to the country as not to know that the solitary life of many a plainsman had a tendency to develop eccentricities of conduct and character not always easily distinguishable from mental aberration. A man is like a tree: in a forest of his fellows he will grow as straight as his generic and individual nature permits; alone, in the open, he yields to the deforming stresses and tortions that environ him. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance..."
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. Ambrose Bierce
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward. Ambrose Bierce
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom..."
Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas. Ambrose Bierce

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