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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: "Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a..."
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country..."
Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are..."
Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Doubt is the father of invention."
Doubt is the father of invention. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor..."
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull."
Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a..."
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who..."
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "The covers of this book are too far apart."
The covers of this book are too far apart. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the..."
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "I was born to poor because of honest parents."
I was born to poor because of honest parents. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying..."
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness..."
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful..."
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment."
Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce

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