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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.
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Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
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Revelation: a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.
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TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.
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TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.
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If every hypocrite in the United States were to break his leg to-day the country could be successfully invaded to-morrow by the warlike hypocrites of Canada.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
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OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.
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RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
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PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument as, He presided at the piccolo.
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predicament, n. The wage of consistency.
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FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.
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