Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the... by Ambrose Bierce | We Heart Quotes

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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

- Ambrose Bierce

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Virtue

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

- Ambrose Bierce

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

- Ambrose Bierce

Ambition Desire Friends

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

- Ambrose Bierce

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

- Ambrose Bierce

Patience Worth

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

- Ambrose Bierce

Laws

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

- Ambrose Bierce

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