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To Dogmatism the Spirit of Inquiry is the same as the Spirit of Evil.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth.
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LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject as an editor by not writing about it.
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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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Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.
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OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.
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adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.
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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
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The place whereon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female fool.
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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
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OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession it meant own, and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.
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TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.
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NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.
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TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (Mendax interminabilis).
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A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.
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PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
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Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
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There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.
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gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.
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When you have made a catalogue of your friend's faults it is only fair to supply him with a duplicate, so that he may know yours.
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RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
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