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Results of search for Author: Ambrose Bierce - Page 7 of 102
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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
Politics: "The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Fork, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Clergyman, n. - A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
I think I think, therefore, I think I am.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Conservative. noun. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Faith, noun. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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