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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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Act Repeat Word
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Food Place Religion Service State
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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Body Life Missing Spiritual
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement

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