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In the algebra of psychology, X stands for a woman's heart.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.
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Aristocrats: n. fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts - guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts.
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art, n. This word has no definition.
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NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.
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Fear has no brains it is an idiot.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection.
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Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.
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PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
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