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Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.
Ambrose Bierce
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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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THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.
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SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.
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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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In this world one must have a name it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.
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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear.
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SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
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Youth is Gilead, in which is balm for every wound.
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PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
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Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
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MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. Herod of Judea, all the famous soldiers have been practical exponents of the Malthusian idea.
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Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
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PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
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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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PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.
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