Quotes: Bierce, Ambrose

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

Ambrose Bierce

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(Added by Bridget Armozel on 8/11/2006, 8:19pm)

Alone, adj. In bad company.

Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary

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(Added by Alec Mouhibian on 8/07/2005, 2:06pm)

Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary

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(Added by Alec Mouhibian on 6/07/2005, 4:30pm)

Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary

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(Added by George W. Cordero on 1/28/2005, 8:08am)