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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #1

Pray To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #2

Faith Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #3

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #4

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #5

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #6

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #7

Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #8

Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #9

Calamities are of two kinds misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. -- Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce -- Quote #10

Cabbage A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. -- Ambrose Bierce

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