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There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself whereas he is a fool then only.

Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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predicament, n. The wage of consistency.
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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.
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OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an old book.
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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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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
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ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Brain: an apparatus with which we think that we think. Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain.
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Human nature is pretty well balanced for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.
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You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.
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Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere survivals - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.
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When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register.
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Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
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DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.
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