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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: "DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Diety designed to..."
DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Diety designed to catch the overflow or surplus of the world's worship. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "War: A by-product of the arts of peace."
War: A by-product of the arts of peace. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises..."
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Ambrose Bierce
What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. 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
Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling..."
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. Ambrose Bierce
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure..."
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Unacquainted with grief, I knew not how to appraise my..."
Unacquainted with grief, I knew not how to appraise my bereavement; I could not rightly estimate the strength of the stroke. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction..."
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else."
Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country."
diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country. Ambrose Bierce
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. Ambrose Bierce

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