Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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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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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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