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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Division Domain Forever Hope Present
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Disguised Patience Virtue
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Body Fortune Goodness Purity Uncomfortable
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking

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