Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Woman absent is woman dead. - Ambrose Bierce

Woman absent is woman dead. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce

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Cows
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Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. – Ambrose Bierce

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Justice
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. – Ambrose Bierce

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Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity. – Sir Matthew Hale

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The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. – Ouida

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The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. – Johann von Goethe

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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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As long as I do a good job, I believe the future is going to take care of itself, but actually I like very much being in elected office and there is no consideration about doing anything different until I can be assured that we are going to have the best voting systems in the country. – Katherine Harris

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Humankind cannot bear very much reality. – T.S. Eliot

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