I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his...

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his...

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids...

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids...

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or...

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or...

Advice is the smallest current coin.

Advice is the smallest current coin.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which...

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which...

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the...

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the...

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they...

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they...

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you...

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against...

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to...

Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to...