Quotes - Ambrose Bierce


 


Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

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Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.


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History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.


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

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Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

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Beauty: The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

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