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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ambrose Bierce quotes

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

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Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but..."
Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our..."
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of..."
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. Ambrose Bierce
Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect? don't have anything to do with them. Do not trust humanity without collateral security; it will play you some scurvy trick. Remember that it hurts no one to be treated as an enemy entitled to respect until he shall prove himself a friend worthy of affection. Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be. Ambrose Bierce
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Bride , n. - A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind..."
Bride , n. - A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. Ambrose Bierce
It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating..."
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies..."
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Think twice before you speak to a friend in need"
Think twice before you speak to a friend in need Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends."
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."
Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice. Ambrose Bierce

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