Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
AMBROSE BIERCEPatience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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