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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
Aphorist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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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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RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.
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MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
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LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.
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RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.
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