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“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”

Ambrose Bierce · Future

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Ambrose Bierce

Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

Good

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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.

Art

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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Business

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Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

Experience