Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Death
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Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.
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Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
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SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.
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Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
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Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers.
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ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .
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IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.
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ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
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Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
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MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
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When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.
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