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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else

Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else

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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
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
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Body Life Missing Spiritual
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
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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Appearance Earth Face Genius God Leaving Nature Original Root Woman
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Believe Divine Need Neighbor Religion Spiritual
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small
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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Age Head Himself See Thinking Wisdom

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