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Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.»
«Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Patriotism
| Keywords:
fever, fierce, headless, hen, hens, irrational, patriotism, pitiless, The Grave
«Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Education,
Understanding
| Keywords:
disclosed, discloses, disguises
«Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Appreciation
| Keywords:
admiration, polite, politer, politest, recognition, resemblance
«OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
alarmed, alarming, ambitious, at rest, authors, betters, clock, dormitory, dreariest, dreary, dumped, dumping, dumps, envy, eternal rest, fame, Higher Ground, High Hopes, meeting place, oblivion, Pride and, storage, struggling, The Alarm, The State, wicked
«MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
English, indocile, mustang, nobleman, noblemen, plains, The American, The Western, Western, westerns
«LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.»
«EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
extinction, in the raw, material, raw, raw material, raw materials, theologies, theology
«Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
adj, affected, degree, higher degree, independence, intellectual, to a higher degree, to the highest degree
«HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
altogether, distinguished, Hebrew, Jew
