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Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole."
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
'What!' interrupted Rochebriant; 'eating dinner in a drawing-room?' 'I must beg you to observe, monsieur,' explained the great gastronome, 'that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.'
He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.”. ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary. tags: idiot, influence, meaning, tribe. Read more quotes from Ambrose Bierce. Share this quote:
520 quotes from Ambrose Bierce: 'Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.', 'Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.', and 'The covers of this book are too far apart.'
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