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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
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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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
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
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Marriage People Person Support
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
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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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement

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