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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. – Ambrose Bierce

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Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the worlds worship. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. – Ambrose Bierce

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