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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.

Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.

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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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Breathe Conversation Listening Vocal
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
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
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
$Ambrose Bierce Quote - Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.$

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Bad Mathematics People
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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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Believe Divine Need Neighbor Religion Spiritual

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