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An auctioneer is a man who pro...

An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Advice, the smallest current c...

Advice, the smallest current coin.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Even the laws of justice thems...

Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the in...

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

PROPERTY, n. Any material thin...

PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

While your friend holds you af...

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to ...

CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of goo...

EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

EXTINCTION, n. The raw materia...

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Male, A member of the unconsid...

Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Money. A blessing that is of n...

Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Contempt; the feeling of a pru...

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Hash, x. There is no definitio...

Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Revelation: a famous book in w...

Revelation: a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Heaven: A place where the wick...

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

The ghost is the outward and v...

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian...

ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Religions are conclusions for ...

Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

Achievement; the death of ende...

Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.

Ambrose Bierce 1281 quotes

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of ...

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.

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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...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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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...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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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...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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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....