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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. Herod of Judea, all the famous soldiers have been practical exponents of the Malthusian idea.
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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FOLLY, n. That gift and faculty divine whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions and adorns his life.
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A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.
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REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
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COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.
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ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
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Youth looks forward, for nothing is behind! Age backward, for nothing is before.
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CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.
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PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
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TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
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OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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