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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his read more

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

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Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Calamity Quotes,
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Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Patience Quotes,
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Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: History Quotes,
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Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Optimism Quotes,
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