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Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
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Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
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In this world one must have a name it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.
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The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.
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ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
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MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
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CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.
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To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
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CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.
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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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Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.
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FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person - a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose his case.
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To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.
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REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.
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When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.
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GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
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BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.
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