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Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

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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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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
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Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
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Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
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INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache.
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An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.
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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
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The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe.
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He laughs best who laughs least.
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Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.
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A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.
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BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.
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DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.
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TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Brain, v. [as in to brain]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
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