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Letter "A" » Ambrose Bierce Quotes
«Insurance: An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
beating, game of chance, gaming table, insurance, permitted, The Player
«Genius - To know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
conclusions, discern, discerns, draw, premise, premised, premises, unknown
«CURIOSITY, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
active, curiosity, cursed, cursed with, desire to know, female, insatiable, masculine, objectionable
«Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
curable, insanity, temporary, temporary insanity
«Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
corporation, device, ingenious, obtaining, profit, The Corporation
«RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
abstainer, abstainers, fiery, generically, liquors, madness, produce, rum, total
«Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Patience
| Keywords:
disguised, minor, minors
«Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
chilly, garment, sweater, sweaters, worn
«Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.»
«All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
analyze, analyzed, analyzes, Delusions, lunatics, philosopher
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