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1914 quotesAbsurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Absurdity
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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The gambling known as business looks with severe disfavor on the business known as gambling.
Gambling
Ambrose Bierce
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The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
Congress
Ambrose Bierce
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Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Wit
Ambrose Bierce
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A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
Friends and Friendship
Josh Billings
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Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
Debt
Josh Billings
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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Scandal
Josh Billings
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The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
Knowledge
Josh Billings
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The trouble with people is not that they dont know but that they know so much that aint so.
Uncategorised
Josh Billings
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There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
Exaggeration
Josh Billings
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There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?
Vigilance
Josh Billings
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When all is said and done, success without happiness is the worst kind of failure.
Success
Louis Binstock
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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
Truth
William Blake
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Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
Nudity
William Blake
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
Eternity
William Blake
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No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
Possibilities
William Blake
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Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
Punishment
William Blake
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The truth told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent
Truth
William Blake
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I never use notes, they interfere with me.
Presentation
Ken Blanchard
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If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.
Improvement
Arthur Bloch
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Hell and damnation, life is such fun with a ragged greatcoat and a Jerry gun!
War
Alexander Blok
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Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.
Bores and Boredom
Lady Bloomfield
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun