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Noise: a stench in the ear.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss yet when lost it is not missed.
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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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PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence an attribute of the critic.
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COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own.
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BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters - the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an old book.
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Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.
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Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.
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EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
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Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.
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Molecule, n.: The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter ... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.
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Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
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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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When in Rome, do as Rome does.
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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