Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Armor: The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
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Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.
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Jealous: Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
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Friendship: A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
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Historian: A broad-gauge gossip.
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