Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends
Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it
While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both of his
There's nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling
Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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