Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful l... by Ambrose Bierce | We Heart Quotes

Writer journalist English satirist Civil War

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

- Ambrose Bierce

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Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

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Virtue

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

- Ambrose Bierce

Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

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Feeling Mother

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

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Democrats

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

- Ambrose Bierce

Art

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

- Ambrose Bierce

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