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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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LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species.
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PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation. . . . Little its known of them beyond the fact that they supplied Cain with a wife and theologians with a controversy.
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Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
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NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.
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An archbishop is an ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.
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Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.
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Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.
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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
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LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
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Strive not for singularity in dress Fools have the more and men of sense the less. To look original is not worth while, But be in mind a little out of style.
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Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
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ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.
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Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.
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