1230 ordspråk av Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce föddes den July 24th 1842 och dog den 11 January 1914 - US writer
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 (Appeal:) In law, is to put the dice into the box for another throw |
| A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that. |
| A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. |
| A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle. |
| A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker. |
| A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success. |
| A man is known by the company he organizes |
| A medal is a small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less authentic. |
| A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king. |
| A nobleman is Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life. |
| A penny saved is a penny to squander. |
| A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. |
| A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. |
| A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution of the rule of an administration for that of a ministry, whereby the welfare and happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch. |
| A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. |
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