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| #3166 | | Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3167 | | Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive
the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3168 | | A penny saved is a penny to squander.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3169 | | Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man --
who has no gills.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3170 | | Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3171 | | Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3172 | | Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3173 | | Politician: An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of
organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of
his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman,
he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3174 | | Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single
petitioner confessedly unworthy.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3175 | | Presidency: The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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