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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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A penny saved is a penny to squander.
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REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
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COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.
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A bad marriage is like an electrical thrilling machine: it makes you dance, but you can't let go.
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
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Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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