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Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss yet when lost it is not missed.
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BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
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OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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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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Contempt the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
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Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.
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An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
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I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.
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INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.
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ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.
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REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.
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Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
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