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Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
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Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
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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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Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense.
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PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.
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DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.
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DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer, Dr. Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.
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GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
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Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
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Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion in Constantinople, one who does.
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Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.
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Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
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PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.
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An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
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As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it.
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Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.
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Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.
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Take not God's name in vain select a time when it will have effect.
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PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe], followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.
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