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Small: The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts
Italo Calvino
"The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts"
Italo Calvino, Journalist
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Small: The number of medals on an officers breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his d
"The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line"
Charles Edward Montague, Journalist
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Small: Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness i
"Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all"
Bernard Levin, Journalist
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Small: When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical
"When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical"
Jon Carroll, Journalist
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Small: America is practically owned by China
"America is practically owned by China"
Tom Winnifrith, Journalist
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Small: Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are stil
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it"
Ellen Goodman, Journalist
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Small: Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time
"Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
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Small: Ninety per cent of the worlds woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties,
"Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
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Small: Happiness is a direction, not a place
"Happiness is a direction, not a place"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
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Small: Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance
"Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
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Small: Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigati
Ambrose Bierce
"Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious
Ambrose Bierce
"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilizat
Ambrose Bierce
"Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense
Ambrose Bierce
"Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of anothers resemblance to ourselves
Ambrose Bierce
"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure
Ambrose Bierce
"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends
Ambrose Bierce
"Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity
Ambrose Bierce
"Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: War is Gods way of teaching Americans geography
Ambrose Bierce
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested
Ambrose Bierce
"Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable
Ambrose Bierce
"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness
Ambrose Bierce
"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion
Ambrose Bierce
"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay
Ambrose Bierce
"Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats
Ambrose Bierce
"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly
Ambrose Bierce
"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Historian - a broad-gauge gossip
Ambrose Bierce
"Historian - a broad-gauge gossip"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding
Ambrose Bierce
"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate
Ambrose Bierce
"Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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Small: Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating inc
Ambrose Bierce
"Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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