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picture, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.
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REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
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TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.
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An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.
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DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.
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Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.
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plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.
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PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.
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The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
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PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
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UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.
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ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.
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gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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