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Ambrose Bierce Quote - He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.

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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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Marriage People Person Support
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
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Art Human Limitation Reason Thinking Understand
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
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
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
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
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
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
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Breathe Conversation Listening Vocal
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White

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