Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
Ambrose BierceFriendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Ambrose BierceRome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.
Ambrose BierceFORCE, n. "Force is but might," the teacher said p/ "That definition's just."/ The boy said naught but throught instead,/ Remembering his pounded head:/ "Force is not might but must!"
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