Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one
Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me
Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher
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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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