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Ambrose Bierce Quote - 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.

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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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Disguised Patience Virtue
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
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
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
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
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
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
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Himself Listening Person Talk
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
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State

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