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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.
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Empty wine bottles have a bad opinion of women.
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Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.
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EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
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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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MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
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FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London
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recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
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Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
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A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
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PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.
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diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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Coronation: The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
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The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of remarkable Christian forbearance among men - were it not for a mawkish humanitarianism, coupled with imperfect digestive powers, we should devour our young, as Nature intended.
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FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.
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