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Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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PICKANINNY, n. The young of the Procyanthropos, or Americanus dominans. It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.
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Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours.
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DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper - the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
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TRUCE, n. Friendship.
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EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.
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STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.
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COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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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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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.
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WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as liquor, sometimes as rum. Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.
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To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
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