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“Childhood the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth : two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.”
Ambrose Bierce
Life & Experience
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“Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
Ambrose Bierce
Love & Relationships
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“Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect behind her.”
Ambrose Bierce
Love & Relationships
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“Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.”
Ambrose Bierce
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“Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.”
Ambrose Bierce
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“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”
Ambrose Bierce
Food & Life
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“Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.”
Ambrose Bierce
Food & Life
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“Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.”
Ambrose Bierce
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