Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like.
Ambrose BierceIn forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.
Ambrose BierceOne who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.
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