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APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. The Mad Philosopher, 1697

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
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UXORIOUSNESS, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.
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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 king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.
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When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
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Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.
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Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
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An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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