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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#end #estate #litigation #over #remains

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#dead #desire #friends #living #made

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#errors #experience #light #our #renounce

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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The covers of this book are too far apart. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#book #covers #far #too

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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