They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
AMBROSE BIERCEWhat is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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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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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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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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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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