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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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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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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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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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