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Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
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 covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Care Civilization Government Intelligence Ourselves Reward
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White

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