Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking vir… - Ambrose Bierce

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Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch — as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Ambrose Bierce

A Cynic Looks at Life · February 1, 2007 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – date of death uncertain; probably late 1912 or early 1914) was an American satirist, critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. He is perhaps most famous for his serialized mock lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary, in which, over the years, he scathed American culture and accepted wisdom by pointing out alternate, more practical definitions for common words.

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Pen Names: Dod Grile • William Herman

Birth Name: Ambrose Gwinnetter Bierice

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IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.

In the army of indigence the uniform is rags; they serve to distinguish the rank and file from the recruiting officers.

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