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Think twice before you speak to a friend in need
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.
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MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
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REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
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OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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He laughs best who laughs least.
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Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.
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Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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K, n. A consonant originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one of two lofty columns in] the great temple of Jarute.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager
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MAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great Incohonees and Imperial Potentates of the ancient and honorable orders of republican America.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication.
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A bad marriage is like an electrical thrilling machine: it makes you dance, but you can't let go.
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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