Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
AMBROSE BIERCEAbstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
AMBROSE BIERCEOptimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
AMBROSE BIERCEAn election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
AMBROSE BIERCEAlliance – 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.
AMBROSE BIERCEThere is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
AMBROSE BIERCEConsul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
AMBROSE BIERCELAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
AMBROSE BIERCEDon’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
AMBROSE BIERCEElectricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
AMBROSE BIERCEDistance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
AMBROSE BIERCEPhilosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
AMBROSE BIERCEConservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
AMBROSE BIERCETrue, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
AMBROSE BIERCEApril fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
AMBROSE BIERCECorporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
AMBROSE BIERCEPatience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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