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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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HATRED, n. A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
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PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
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RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.
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Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
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Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
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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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LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject as an editor by not writing about it.
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Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Brain, v. [as in to brain]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
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Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.
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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something
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ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
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PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
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INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
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The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
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