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 as a nation depends.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working...

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working...

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to...

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to...

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is...

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is...

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of...

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of...

Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited...

Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited...

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

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...

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as...

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack...

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack...

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or...

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or...

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them...

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them...