Author: Ambrose Bierce

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Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

- Ambrose Bierce

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

- Ambrose Bierce

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

- Ambrose Bierce

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

- Ambrose Bierce

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

- Ambrose Bierce

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

- Ambrose Bierce

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

- Ambrose Bierce

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

- Ambrose Bierce

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

- Ambrose Bierce

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