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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. — Ambrose Bierce
Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. — Ambrose Bierce
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce
Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is… — Ambrose Bierce
Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. — Ambrose Bierce
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. — Ambrose Bierce
Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. — Ambrose Bierce
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. — Ambrose Bierce
Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man… — Ambrose Bierce
Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud… — Ambrose Bierce
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)… — Ambrose Bierce
What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence… — Ambrose Bierce
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. — Kathryn Bigelow
Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated. — Theodor Adorno
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. — Theodor Adorno
But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. — Theodore Bikel
Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them. — Theodor Adorno
Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which… — Buffalo Bill
The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made… — Buffalo Bill
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. — Josh Billings

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