The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambi…

Ambrose Bierce
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The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.7, University of Georgia Press
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EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.61, 谷月社
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil Wo … ▶
PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.171, 谷月社
Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). … ▶
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

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