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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
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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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
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JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.
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A man is known by the company he organizes.
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INADMISSIBLE- Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence.
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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution - they knew no more of the matter than he.
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TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.
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Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.
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RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans.
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Fear has no brains it is an idiot.
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PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
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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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Think twice before you speak to a friend in need
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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.
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