Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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About Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – circa 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature"; and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club as one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States, and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and for his poetry.In December 1913, Bierce traveled to Chihuahua, Mexico, to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution. He disappeared, and was rumored to be traveling with rebel troops. He was never seen again.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
When you doubt, abstain.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.
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I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
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Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.
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Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd.
—Allan Goldfein
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For monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to model the cosmos? If a sea urchin or a raccoon were to propose to you that it had a viable truth about the universe, the absurdity of that assertion would be self-evident, but in our case we make an exception.
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