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Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
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Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.
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SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
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hybrid, n. A pooled issue.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick.
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HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
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PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
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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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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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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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Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion in Constantinople, one who does.
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Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption.
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APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. The Mad Philosopher, 1697
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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.
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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Advice, the smallest current coin.
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