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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: About Becomes Believe Care Come Curses Easier Knows Less London More More People People Replace Shall Them I Believe

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We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Get Happens Know Middle Over People Road Run Stay Who

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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Bore Him Listen Person Talks Who Wish You

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Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Against Fellows Our Sin Success Success Is

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Daughter Explaining Fear Hope Ignorance Nature Religion Unknowable

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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Age Errors Experience Light Our Renounce Revelation Those Which Youth

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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Himself Interested Low Me More Person Taste Than

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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Death End Estate Litigation Over Remains

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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Abrupt Change Form Politics Revolution

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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Abstain Affairs Everything Inactivity Others Total Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: June 24th, 1842

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