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Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

Ambrose Bierce
Law, Justice, Mixtures

PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.

Ambrose Bierce
Justice, Made, Folly
Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.226, ReadHowYouWant.com

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

Ambrose Bierce
Intelligent, Numbers, Justice
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.41, 谷月社

FORCE, 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!"

Ambrose Bierce
Teacher, Boys, Justice

INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache.

Ambrose Bierce
Life, Justice, May
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.125, University of Georgia Press

WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.

Ambrose Bierce
Change, Government, Justice
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.232, 谷月社

Justice 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.

Ambrose Bierce
Justice, Rewards, Citizens
Ambrose Bierce (2006). “Terror by Night: Classic Ghost and Horror Stories”, p.9, Wordsworth Editions

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