Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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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...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by...

History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by...

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the...

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the...

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of...

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of...

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...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.