Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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The incentive to ambition is the love of power. – William Hazlitt

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Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The point of power is always in the present moment. – Louise L. Hay

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In all our associations in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim – that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people. – George Mason

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