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Strive not for singularity in dress Fools have the more and men of sense the less. To look original is not worth while, But be in mind a little out of style.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and humor in slang.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.
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When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward.
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INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.
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CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance - against whom or what does not clearly appear everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance.
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ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .
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NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.
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