Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Optimism: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.

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Man: An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.

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

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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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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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Optimist: A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

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Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

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Politics: The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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