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PANTALOONS, n. A nether habil...

PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called trousers by the enlightened and pants by the unworthy.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Acquaintance: "A person whom ...

Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Die: To stop sinning sudden...

Die: To stop sinning suddenly.

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A revolution is a violent cha...

A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

In each human heart are a tig...

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

alone, adj. In bad company. ...

alone, adj. In bad company.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Age, with his eyes in the bac...

Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

EXILE, n. One who serves his ...

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

A book which the Mohammedans ...

A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture, contradictory to the Holy Scriptures.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

An election is nothing more t...

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Certain old men prefer to ris...

Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

He who thinks with difficulty...

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Democracy is four wolves and ...

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

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There are two instruments wor...

There are two instruments worse than a clarinet - two clarinets.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a p...

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

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They say that hens do cackle ...

They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.

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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a...

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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A person who doubts himself i...

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.

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Responsibility, n. A detachab...

Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

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The most affectionate creatur...

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

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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...

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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....