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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ambrose Bierce quotes

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

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Ambrose Bierce quote: "Dawn: When men of reason go to bed."
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities..."
Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity. Ambrose Bierce
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in..."
GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place..."
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is..."
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything..."
NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while..."
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs."
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is..."
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting..."
Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Riot? A popular entertainment given to the military by..."
Riot? A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders. Ambrose Bierce
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual..."
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave,..."
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen. Ambrose Bierce

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