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Intellectual Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
- Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
- Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study…
- PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
- GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various degrees of the…
- optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.…
- INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. The…
- OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.…
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- The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. — Benjamin Banneker
- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. — John Adams
- Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent… — Georges Bataille
- It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais
- My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7. — David Beckham
- The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. — Henry Ward Beecher
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- It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. — Roberto Benigni