Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Ambrose BierceForgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Ambrose BierceExperience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
Ambrose BierceJustice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
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