Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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There's nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling
Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one
Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me
Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher
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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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