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PALMISTRY, n. The 947th metho...

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence is not altogether false. . . for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word "dupe."

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

What is worth doing is worth ...

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

ROPE, n. An obsolescent appli...

ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

STORY, n. A narrative, common...

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

LEGACY, n. A gift from one wh...

LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

The money-getter who pleads h...

The money-getter who pleads his love of work has a lame defense, for love of work at money-getting is a lower taste than love of money.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

INADMISSIBLE- Not competent t...

INADMISSIBLE- Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

God alone knows the future, b...

God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

REPARATION, n. Satisfaction t...

REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

MAN, n. An animal so lost in ...

MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable fra...

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Don't steal; thou'lt never th...

Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all ...

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

URBANITY, n. The kind of civi...

URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which t...

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.

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Friendship: A ship big enough...

Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

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Accordion, n. An instrument i...

Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

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Homicide, /n./ The slaying of...

Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Habit: A shackle for the free...

Habit: A shackle for the free.

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As a means of dispensing form...

As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....