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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship
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
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom

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