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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

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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
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Appearance Earth Face Genius God Leaving Nature Original Root Woman
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
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
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Disguised Patience Virtue
Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Country Discover Fertilization Person

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