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adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

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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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A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.
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Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
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