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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.
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PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
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MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.
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Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
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PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.
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Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
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renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.
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Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.
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Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
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ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.
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A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.
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RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
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The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
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A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.
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