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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
EXPEDIENCY, n. The father of all virtues.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Expediency,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1884-06-07)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/85383…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
EPIDEMIC, n. A disease having a sociable turn and few prejudices.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Epidemic,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1883-04-28)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/84987…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
DENY, v.t. See Hurl Back The Allegation.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Deny,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1882-02-17)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83996…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
DEMAGOGUE, n. A political opponent.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Demagogue,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1882-01-20)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83994…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
TRINITY, n. […] The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Trinity,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1056/
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Rumor,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)More info about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1067/
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