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Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
— Ambrose Bierce The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
— Ambrose Bierce
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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
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