Ambrose Bierce

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"I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities."	Fear
"A Christian is one who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin."	Fear
"The cover of this book are too far apart."	Success, Insults
"Women would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands."	Love
"Women would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands."	Friendship, Dreams
"Twice: Once too often."	God, Stupidity
"Can I ask a rhetorical question? Well, can I?"	God, Stupidity
"Liberty, n: One of imaginations most precious possessions."	God, Stupidity
"Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable."	God, Stupidity
"Circus, n: A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to so men, women and children acting the fool."	God, Stupidity
"Selfish, adj: Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others."	God, Stupidity
"Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offense."	God, Stupidity
"House, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe."	Quotations
"Calamity, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering."	Anti-Religion, Adversity
"Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced."	Age
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."	Anger
"Commerce, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E."	Business
"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect."	Love, Conformity
"Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs."	Courage
"Embalm, v.: To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree, or enriching his table as a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after awhile if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and the rose are languishing for a nibble at his glutaeus maximus."	Love, Death
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