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Least said is soon disavowed.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.
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PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.
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INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
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A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.
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EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.
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WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.
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REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
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A man is the sum of his ancestors to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.
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A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.
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INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
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The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or possessions to your own you are permitted only to wish to be another.
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A penny saved is a penny to squander.
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Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
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