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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.
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The god of the world's leading religion.
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Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours.
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FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit.
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HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
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RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
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Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for bliss.
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INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
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TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.
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PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
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The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon.
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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.
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DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.
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Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.
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DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.
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MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul in woman, the outlet of the heart.
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A man is known by the company he organizes.
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EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.
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