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For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.
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An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.
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Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.
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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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POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.
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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
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Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.
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PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.
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ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
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predicament, n. The wage of consistency.
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Immoral is the judgment of the stalled ox on the gamboling lamb.
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Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable as, the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur..
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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
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Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
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CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.
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