Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theor…

Ambrose Bierce
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Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs, p.696, Library of America
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YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.242, University of Georgia Press
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dict … ▶
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2450, Delphi Classics
Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.126, 谷月社
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.

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