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Results of search for Author: Ambrose Bierce - Page 2 of 102
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

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.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Mad, adj: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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