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DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.

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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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Die: To stop sinning suddenly.
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ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
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