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Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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applause, n. The echo of a platitude.
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LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth.
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CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do me?
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MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language.
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Brain, v. [as in to brain]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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