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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale.

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservatism
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. – Ambrose Bierce

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Truth
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Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. – Ambrose Bierce

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I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can. – Michel de Montaigne, translated

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A man may be born a jackass; but it is his business if he makes himself a double one. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart. – Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. – Samuel Richardson

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I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up. – Jim Bakker

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