Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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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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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Alliance – 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.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Consul – 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.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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