Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
AMBROSE BIERCEPAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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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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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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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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