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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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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
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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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
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
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
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
$Ambrose Bierce Quote - Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.$

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Bad Mathematics People
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White

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