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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Ashamed Less Love Men Than Women

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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Beyond Creditor Dreaded Dwelling Financial Savages Tribe

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Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Domination Matrimony Particularly Similarity Taste Tastes

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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: About Bones Give His Hope Person Retaining Skin Up

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Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Deity Toward Your

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Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Alien American His Sovereign State

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Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Gossip Historian

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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Along Desire Direction Duty Line Profit Us Which

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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Means Opinion Prejudice Support Visible Without

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Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Faiths Great Principal World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: June 24th, 1842

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