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12346 quotesA temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Love
Ambrose Bierce
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Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
Crime and Criminals
Ambrose Bierce
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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Abstinence
Ambrose Bierce
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Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Absurdity
Ambrose Bierce
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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Acquaintance
Ambrose Bierce
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Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Praise
Ambrose Bierce
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Alien. An American sovereign in his probationary state.
Immigration
Ambrose Bierce
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Ambrose Bierce
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An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.
Misfortunes
Ambrose Bierce
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An acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Acquaintance
Ambrose Bierce
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An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimism
Ambrose Bierce
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Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
Trials
Ambrose Bierce
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Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
Slander
Ambrose Bierce
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Beauty. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Beauty
Ambrose Bierce
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Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.
Medicine
Ambrose Bierce
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Bigot, one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Bigotry
Ambrose Bierce
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Bore -- a person who talks when you wish him to listen.
Bores and Boredom
Ambrose Bierce
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Bride. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Weddings
Ambrose Bierce
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Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
Gossip
Ambrose Bierce
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Corporation. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
Business
Ambrose Bierce
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Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Deliberation
Ambrose Bierce
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Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
Divorce
Ambrose Bierce
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Don't steal; thou it never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
Business
Ambrose Bierce
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Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
Scholars and Scholarship
Ambrose Bierce
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Fidelity. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
Fidelity
Ambrose Bierce
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun