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Famous Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Famous quotes made by the American short-story writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce. He was born on June 14, 1842 in Ohio and died in 1914.

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Opportunity: a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

To the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name knowledge.

When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.

The first man you meet is a fool; if you do not think so ask him, and he will prove it.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

A conservative is a statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguisl1ed from the liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Positive: being mistaken at the top of one's voice.

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass, and a nightingale; diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look like we could.

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