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Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom.
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OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser triumph.
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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
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A lottery is a tax on stupidity.
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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
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OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Genius - to know without having learned to draw just conclusions from unknown premises to discern the soul of things.
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CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
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MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.
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EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.
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I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.
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CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.
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MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
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CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.
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Doubt is the father of invention.
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