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God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.

Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Take not God's name in vain select a time when it will have effect.
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs
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Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers, which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-smelling.
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applause, n. The echo of a platitude.
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RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
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When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
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PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk.
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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss yet when lost it is not missed.
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Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling.
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Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
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Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.
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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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SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
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I think I think, therefore I think I am.
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The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or possessions to your own you are permitted only to wish to be another.
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GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
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