"In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions."

Society, Name, Confusion, Identity, Numbers

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"It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared,' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Society, Diversity, Judgment, Reflection, Truth

"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Society, People, Prisoners, Thoughts, Others

"Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers? I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters? My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family? Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal? My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans?"

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Society, Water, Family, Equality, Humanity

"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Society, Politeness, Language, Culture, Respect

"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Society, Freedom, Power, Individual

"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Society, Rules, Women, Change, Power

"Large families are communities unto their own."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Society, Family, Community, Support, Love

"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Society, Isolation, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Society, Truth, Power, Life, Wisdom

"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Society, Truth, Values, Wealth

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"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."

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"Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead."

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"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."

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"Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead."

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"Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own."

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"Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be."

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"It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared,' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night."

"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

"Large families are communities unto their own."

"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

Explore more quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."

"Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay."

"Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead."

"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."

"Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead."

"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."

"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

"Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed."

"Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own."

"Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be."