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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Congratulations, Two
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

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Inspiring, Success, Failure

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

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Success, Perseverance, Congratulations
Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.263, ReadHowYouWant.com

Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Death, Achievement
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.8, 谷月社

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Congratulations, Envy

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Failure, Government
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2436, Delphi Classics

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Thought Provoking, Sin

WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Wall, Heaven
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.235, University of Georgia Press

A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too long to be read at a sitting the impressions made by its successive parts are successively effaced, as in the pa

Ambrose Bierce
Success, Art, Long

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