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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

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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Confession Law Prayer Universe Worth
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of 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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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Coward Emergency Himself Legs Thinking
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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Marriage People Person Support
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Division Domain Forever Hope Present
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
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

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