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When in Rome, do as Rome does.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language.
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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To those who view the voyage of life from the port of departure the bark that has accomplished any considerable distance appears already in close approach to the farther shore.
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RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.
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predilection, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.
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resolute, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve.
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RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans.
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PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
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Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.
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Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.
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KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a crowned head, although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.
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Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
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aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.
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DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to embrace.
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