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ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.
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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LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
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Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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