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Ambrose Bierce
June 24, 1842 - 1914
Nationality: American
Category: Journalist
Subcategory: American Journalist

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

   

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

   

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

   

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

   

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

   

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

   

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

   

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

   

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

   

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

   

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

   

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

   

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

   

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

   

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

   

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

   

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

   

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

   

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

   

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