Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Life Quotes, Journey Quotes

Along the road of life are many pleasure resorts, but think not that by tarrying in them you will take more days to the journey. The day of your arrival is already recorded.

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A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

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Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands.

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EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

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ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.

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BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker.

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FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions and adorns his life.

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Worms'-Meat, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The contents of the Taj Mahal, the Tombeau Napoleon and the Granitarium. Worms'-meat is usually outlasted by the structure that houses it, but "this too must pass away." Probably the silliest work in which a human being can engage is construction of a tomb for himself. The solemn purpose cannot dignify, but only accentuates by contrast the foreknown futility.

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HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

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When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

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GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.

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critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.

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moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.

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The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

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Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.

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Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

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Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

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