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Ambrose Bierce Quote - ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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Belief Body History Invention Original People True
Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Faith Holy Ourselves Religion Scripture Writing
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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Brain Science Thinking
Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small

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