What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined …

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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1968). The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist
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OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an old book. ✨ Ambrose Bi … ▶
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.24, University of Georgia Press
A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose … ▶
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending … ▶
NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.149, 谷月社

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1968). The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist

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