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Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.
Ambrose Bierce
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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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CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
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Damning, with bell, book and candle / Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal. / A rite permitting Satan to enslave him / Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him.
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Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
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PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
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An archbishop is an ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.
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A chop is a piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants.
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Along the road of life are many pleasure resorts, but think not that by tarrying in them you will take more days to the journey. The day of your arrival is already recorded.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
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Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.
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ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.
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PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
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The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.
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