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Alarm and PrideHonestyParty speakers shout alarm at opponents and praise themselves, even after nominating a thief.9+Level 4
An AErophobeLiberal clergymen who doubt the Bible still preach it, and dodge questions with fancy words.9+Level 3
An Inadequate FeeGreedPolitical fixers who 'help' people strip them of everything, then demand more.9+Level 4
An Inflated AmbitionGreedCorporate tycoons are so greedy that they would ask a shopkeeper for the whole world.9+Level 5
An AntidoteQuack doctors and meddling advisers answer one self-inflicted harm with a bigger one.9+Level 1
An InvitationPious people thanking Heaven for sparing them are like turkeys thanking the farmer before dinner.9+Level 5
An Officer and a ThugStuffed-shirt police chiefs are empty dummies who fuss over rules and have nothing inside.9+Level 3
An OptimistShallow optimists spin disaster as good fortune, even when they are the meal.9+Level 1
At Heaven's GateHeaven forgives murder but not membership in the Women's Press Association, which Bierce despised.9+Level 2
An Unspeakable ImbecilePompous judges go through empty rituals, inviting condemned men to speak when nothing can matter.9+Level 2
At the PoleHumilityPolar explorers chase glory, spend lives and money, and cannot name one useful discovery.9+Level 3
At Large - One TemperClevernessTouchy judges, quick to punish contempt, have tempers as bad as the criminals they try.9+Level 4

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Congress and the PeopleGreedy Congresses, the 1889 one above all, strip the people so bare that heaven looks unsafe.9+Level 3
Father and SonPatiencePreachy elders give advice on temper, then hit first and run before anyone can follow it.9+Level 5
Equipped for ServiceSpectator patriots who watch wars from safety get made colonels, just for spending money.9+Level 5
Dame Fortune and the TravellerLuck is cruel and petty, harming people just so she cannot be blamed unfairly.9+Level 2
Fortune and the FabulistAuthors are so poor that wealth and respectability can only visit them in dreams.9+Level 2
From the MinutesHonestyWindbag orators who brag of spotless records invite suspicion, and their speeches only bore colleagues.9+Level 5
Hercules and the CarterHard workSelf-help proverbs become excuses for theft when a carter takes them literally.9+Level 2
His Fly-Speck MajestyHonestyChampions of republican government who denounce kings as tyrants still scramble to flatter visiting royalty.9+Level 4
How Leisure CamePatienceBusinessmen who worship haste hurt themselves, and finally get the leisure they refused to take.9+Level 5
Jupiter and the Baby ShowHumilityA judge with scandals in his past awards the prize to whoever threatens to mention them.9+Level 3
Jupiter and the BirdsClevernessThese Aesop retellings reward thieves, punish kindness, and mock sentimental lessons about unity and virtue.9+Level 3
King Log and King StorkBoth parties steal from voters, and trading Democrats for Republicans only made it worse.9+Level 5