Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Ambrose Bierce quotes, Ambrose Bierce sayings, and Ambrose Bierce proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
No more the swindler singly seeks his prey; / To hunt in couples is the modern way / A rascal, from the public to purloin, / An honest man to hide away the coin.Ambrose Bierce
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. Ambrose Bierce
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Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.Ambrose Bierce
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Painting, the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.Ambrose Bierce
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Monday, n. In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game.Ambrose Bierce
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Painting, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.Ambrose Bierce
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.Ambrose Bierce
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Phoenix, n. The classical prototype of the modern 'small hot bird.'Ambrose Bierce
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Genealogy: An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.Ambrose Bierce
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Architect: One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.Ambrose Bierce
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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.Ambrose Bierce
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Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.Ambrose Bierce
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Philanthropist, A rich and usually bald old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.Ambrose Bierce
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PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.Ambrose Bierce
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Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.Ambrose Bierce
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.Ambrose Bierce
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“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”Ambrose Bierce
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Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising for contemplating the misery of another.Ambrose Bierce