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Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Meigs County
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Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted.
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Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
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To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
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Youth looks forward, for nothing is behind! Age backward, for nothing is before.
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PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar itching palm (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.
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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
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POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.
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OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an old book.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear.
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Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
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QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.
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hybrid, n. A pooled issue.
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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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RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable - omnipotent on condition that it do nothing.
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When in Rome, do as Rome does.
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Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
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