Ambrose Bierce: Frasi in inglese

Ambrose Bierce era scrittore, giornalista e aforista statunitense. Frasi in inglese.
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“Twice, adv. Once too often.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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

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Origine: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.”

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Origine: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works

“Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

“Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

“Alliance - In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.”

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Origine: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works

“Cabbage, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

“DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.”

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Origine: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works

“ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.”

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Origine: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Origine: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.”

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Origine: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Clarionet, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet -- two clarionets.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

“Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.”

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“Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting”

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Variante: Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
Origine: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.”

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Origine: The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories

“Birth, n. The first and direst of all disasters.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Origine: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.”

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Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary

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