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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More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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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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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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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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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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