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Ambrose Inspirational Quotes (1077)

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Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
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ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
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READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and humor in slang.
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DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.
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mine, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
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ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. . . . not be confused with that of foreordination. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore.
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SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.
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pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection.
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NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.
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To seek a justification for a decision already made.
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MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
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CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
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Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.
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Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
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Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.
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moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
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A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.
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recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.
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Woman absent is woman dead.
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The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forebearance among men.
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gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.
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TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies.
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