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$Ambrose Bierce Quote - Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.$

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

Ambrose Bierce

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
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
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
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
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
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
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
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road

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