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A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
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Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
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A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread.
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LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used ... as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities.
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SYCOPHANT- One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor.
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Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
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GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
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Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.
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New York is too strenuous for me it gets on my nerves.
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Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
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REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a copy, which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose
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VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.
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Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.
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MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.
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HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.
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Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.
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IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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