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Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
- Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
- Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
- Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
- Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
- Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
- Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
- Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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