DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored...

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored...

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter...

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter...

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as...

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as...

(Love) A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

(Love) A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that...

Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that...

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war...

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war...

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and...

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution...

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution...

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly...

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly...

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory...

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory...

But like of each thing that in season grows.

But like of each thing that in season grows.

No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will...

No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will...