Ambrose Bierce
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
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The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.