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Ambrose Bierce Quote - RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Art Human Limitation Reason Thinking Understand
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
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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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
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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Country Fools Freedom Instrument Power
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
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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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Coward Emergency Himself Legs Thinking
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness

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