An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.
Ambrose BierceReligion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Ambrose BierceMAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.
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