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Substitutes Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
- Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.
- POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only…
- Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.
- Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom…
More Substitutes Quotes
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
- Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan. — Ezra Taft Benson
- Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. — Ambrose Bierce
- My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a… — Lewis Black
- Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. — Aesop
- Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. — Louis D. Brandeis
- A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. — Warren Buffett
- The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. — Anthony Burgess
- One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link. — Paul Cezanne
- If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel,… — Oswald Chambers
- There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. — Cesar Chavez
- I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute. — Hillary Clinton