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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Ambrose Bierce
Attitude, Majority, Posture
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2692, Delphi Classics

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Ambrose Bierce
Beauty, Beautiful, Attitude
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.175, University of Georgia Press

OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes.

Ambrose Bierce
Life, Song, Attitude
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.174, University of Georgia Press

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