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Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.
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A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture, contradictory to the Holy Scriptures.
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IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.
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INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
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Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.
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RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.
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PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
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NON-COMBATANT, n. A dead Quaker.
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Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
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ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear.
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A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.
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LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he lost his election.
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Take not God's name in vain select a time when it will have effect.
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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To Dogmatism the Spirit of Inquiry is the same as the Spirit of Evil.
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When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward.
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