Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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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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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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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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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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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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