#definition

Patience – A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#virtue

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#tact #wit #wit

Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#devil

Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets -- is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysics

Belladonna, n.: In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#definitions #humor #poison #sarcasm #women

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable. ↗

— Hugh Dancy

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I think what's happening here is, there's a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now. ↗

— Grandmaster Flash

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And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of invasion in an individual, or a band of individuals, assuming to act as representatives or masters of the entire people within a given area. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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