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Ambrose Bierce Quote - There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
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
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
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
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Affair Assurance Future Happiness Prosperity Time
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Astrology Custom Easy Fate God Responsibility
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small

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