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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Cynic, n . A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Coward, n . One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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Bait, n . A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
Zeal, n . A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
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Politics, n . A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Apologize, v.i . To lay the foundation for a future offense.
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Debauchee, n . One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.
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Habit, n . A shackle for the free.
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Born on June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio, Ambrose Bierce enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. After the war, he moved to California, where he became an influential journalist and newspaper editor. Bierce gained fame for his scathing style and his distrust of hypocrisy and pretense. His most famous work is 'The Devil's Dictionary,' a collection of satirical and witty definitions that expose human and social flaws. His short stories, such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' are notable for their dark atmosphere, surprising endings, and psychological exploration. Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico in 1913, while traveling to cover the Mexican Revolution, leaving behind a lasting and enigmatic literary legacy.