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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Himself Listening Person Talk
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
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Disguise Education Understand Wisdom
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
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
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
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
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State

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