When you doubt, abstain.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

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...

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable

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

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

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of...

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of...

OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything...

OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything...

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...

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal...

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal...

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone,...

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone,...

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

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

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...

SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or...

SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or...

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic...

No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic...