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“Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

“You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“History – An account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Philosophy - A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works

“Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.”
― Ambrose Bierce , The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect — don't have anything to do with them. Do not trust humanity without collateral security; it will play you some scurvy trick. Remember that it hurts no one to be treated as an enemy entitled to respect until he shall prove himself a friend worthy of affection. Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. ”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

“There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.” ~ Ambrose Bierce”
― J.J. McAvoy, Ruthless People

“acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Laughter--an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features, and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious, and though intermittent, incurable.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“he had nothing to say and he said it”
― Ambrose Bierce

“He had power only to feel, and feeling was torment.”
― Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

“Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Alone, adj. In bad company.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“San Francisco is the place where most people were last seen”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Achievement is the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Connoisseur, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

“Dictionary, n. A malevolent literacy device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Reality, n. The dream of a mad philosopher.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Marriage, n.: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.”
― Ambrose Bierce