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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned . . . . whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
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RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
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DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods.
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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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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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CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain.
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
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RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.
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PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe], followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.
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A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.
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WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.
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War: A by-product of the arts of peace.
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Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling.
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When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
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An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.
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RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.
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