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Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
— Ambrose Bierce
Tags: without, prejudice, opinion, support
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
— Ambrose Bierce
Tags: dead, friends, enemies, ambition
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
— Ambrose Bierce
Tags: crime, destiny, fool, failure
Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
— Ambrose Bierce
Tags: hours, period, day, time
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.
— Ambrose Bierce
Tags: democrats, republican, who, country
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