American - Journalist | June 24, 1842 - 1914
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Ambrose Bierce
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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When you doubt, abstain.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
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