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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

«PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.»
«RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect.»
«RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.»
«QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the United States Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House; in the House of Representatives, of the Speaker and the devil.»
«QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.Intent on making his quotation truer, He sought the page infallible of Brewer, Then made a solemn vow that we would be Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me! --Stumpo Gaker»
«PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.»
«PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.»
«PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.Blow, blow, ye spicy breezes -- O'er Ceylon blow your breath, Where every prospect pleases, Save only that of death. --Bishop Sheber»
«PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.»
«but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.»

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