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Between Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood…
- Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.
- OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of…
- Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.
- PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.
- IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
- ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.
- GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into…
- MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious…
- GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.
- PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard…
- Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of another.
- HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will…
- Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
- renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the…
- gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.
- Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting
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