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Ambrose Bierce

NOUN
  1. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)

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  • Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Like Aesop before him, Ambrose Bierce included animals in his fables in order to demonstrate human failings and quirks of character.
  • In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. Ambrose Bierce 
  • Politeness, The most acceptable hypocrisy. Ambrose Bierce 
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