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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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Backbite: To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.
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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.
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Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
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We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization.
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