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Ambrose Bierce
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„The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.“
„To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.“
„Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.“
„Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested“
„If you want to read a perfect book there is only one way: write it.“
„Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.“
„Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.“
„Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.“
„Accord, n. Harmony.“
„To Dogmatism the Spirit of Inquiry is the same as the Spirit of Evil.“
„Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one’s country.“
„Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.“
„This is a simple story of a battle; such a tale as may be told by a soldier who is no writer to a reader who is no soldier.“
„Convictions are variable; to be always consistent is to be sometimes dishonest.“
„To the eye of failure success is an accident.“
„The poor man’s price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.“
„Un-American, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.“
„We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.“
„Bacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.“
„Success, n. The one unpardonable sin against one’s fellows.“
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