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PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune. The plague today . . . is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.

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Ambrose Bierce's Popular Quotes

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was…

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actually, adv. Perhaps; possibly.

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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

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Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

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Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.

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A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.

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