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5021 quotesCalamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamity
Ambrose Bierce
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Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
Destiny
Ambrose Bierce
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Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
Divorce
Ambrose Bierce
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
Childhood
Ambrose Bierce
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
Knowledge
Ambrose Bierce
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Physician -- One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
Physicians
Ambrose Bierce
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Prophecy: The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
Prophecy
Ambrose Bierce
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Religion
Ambrose Bierce
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Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited.
Saints
Ambrose Bierce
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Anger
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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Truth -- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
Truth
Ambrose Bierce
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The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Oppression
Steven Biko
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Truth
Josh Billings
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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Common Sense
Josh Billings
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I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.
Age and Aging
Josh Billings
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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Scandal
Josh Billings
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Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.
Pity
Josh Billings
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Some folks are wise and some otherwise.
Wisdom
Josh Billings
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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Fools and Foolishness
Josh Billings
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won t.
Fools and Foolishness
Josh Billings
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To enjoy a good reputation give publicly, and steal privately.
Philanthropists
Josh Billings
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When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
Eloquence
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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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
Enjoyment
Matt Biondi
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun