The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
AMBROSE BIERCEResponsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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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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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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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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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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