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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ambrose Bierce quotes about personality

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: "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
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of..."
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of..."
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. Ambrose Bierce
An ambassador is a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given an office by the Administration on condition that he leave the country. Ambrose Bierce
Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead. Ambrose Bierce
TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. 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: "Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal..."
Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree."
Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow..."
acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow..."
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of..."
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce

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