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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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Age Head Himself See Thinking Wisdom
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
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot

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