Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret
Saint: a dead sinner revised and edited
Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment
Religion: a daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable
Quotation is the act of repeating erroneously the words of another
Prescription is a physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient
Politics is a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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