Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
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Once: Enough
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A grave is a place where the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
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Hand: A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
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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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Optimist: A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Ghost: The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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