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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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An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
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SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose having a divine character inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions as... the Cow in India the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt.
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Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.
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A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.
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Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.
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DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to embrace.
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NEWTONIAN, Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.
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War: A by-product of the arts of peace.
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
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MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
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A penny saved is a penny to squander.
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MULTITUDE, n. A crowd the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.
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As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it.
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RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.
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Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
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DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.
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RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
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Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
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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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