Ambrose Bierce's Quote - A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they ar

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A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce

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Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

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A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker. – Ambrose Bierce

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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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