To the eye of failure success is an accident.
AMBROSE BIERCEElectricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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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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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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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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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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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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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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