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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
Aphorist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
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Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.
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LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
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KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a crowned head, although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.
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CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.
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MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.
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While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.
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Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
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Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.
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SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.
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