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Ambrose Bierce Quote - LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.

LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.

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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
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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Care Civilization Government Intelligence Ourselves Reward
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Body Man Ocean World
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
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
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
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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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Himself Listening Person Talk
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

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