Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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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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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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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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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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