Ambrose Bierce Quotes

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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Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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A grave is a place where the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
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Ghost: The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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Man: An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.
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Once: Enough
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Hand: A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
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Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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