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Ambrose Bierce Quotes - Page 11

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You can effect a change of robbers every four years. Inestimable privilege - to pull off the glutted leech and attach the lean one! And you can not even choose among the lean leeches, but must accept those designated by

You can effect a change of robbers every four years. Inestimable privilege - to pull off the glutted leech and attach the lean one! And you can not even choose among the lean leeches, but must accept those designated by the programmers and showmen who have the reptiles on tap!

Years, Leeches, Reptiles

"The Shadow on The Dial and Other Essays". Book by Ambrose Bierce, www.pub22.net. 1909.

MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.

Animal, Men, Thinking

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.161, University of Georgia Press

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.

Mother, Motherhood, Accountability

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.11, University of Georgia Press

WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

Christian, Food, Wine

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.238, University of Georgia Press

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Peace, War, Military

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.202, University of Georgia Press

I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.

Thinking

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.

Joy, Atheism, Doctrine

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.182, 谷月社

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

Wedding, Two, Ceremony

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.233, 谷月社

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.

Money, Pockets, Kind

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.38, University of Georgia Press

The sum of religion, says Pythagoras, is to be like him thou worshipest. Had Pythagoras lived in our day he would have seen his mistake. The sum of modern religion is to make him thou worshipest like unto thyself.

Mistake, Modern, Thyself

Ambrose Bierce (1968). “The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist”

Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

Wine, Definitions, Connoisseur

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

Country, Ambassadors, Exile

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.60, 谷月社

Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.

Country, Usa, Littles

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.7, University of Georgia Press

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Life, Spiritual, Decay

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.126, 谷月社

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

Character, Judging, Inquiry

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.224, 谷月社

Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.

Success, Death, Achievement

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.8, 谷月社

Truth is so good a thing that falsehood can not afford to be without it.

Truth Is, Can Not, Falsehood

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2691, Delphi Classics

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Power, Eulogy, Wealth

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.71, University of Georgia Press

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Pigs, Games, Politics

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.187, University of Georgia Press

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Sarcastic, Money, Business

Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.43, Sheba Blake Publishing

Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

Government, Genius, Bears

Ambrose Bierce, Brian St. Pierre (1987). “The Devil's advocate: an Ambrose Bierce reader”, Chronicle Books (CA)

Evolutionary biology is genuinely scientific, but more than that it opens the door to a world more marvellous than any Christian fundamentalist has ever read into the pages of the Bible.

Christian, Doors, World

DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper - the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.

Business, Night, Two

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Patriotic, Names, Patriotism

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.160, 谷月社

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

Life, Ambition, Reality

Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 17

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