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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
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Children who have proven themselves to be incorrigible by the age of twelve should be quickly and quietly beheaded, lest they grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate the likeness of their being.
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A man is the sum of his ancestors to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves. He is like the lower end of a suspended chain you can sway him slightly to the right or the left, but remove your hand and he falls into line with the other links.
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War: A by-product of the arts of peace.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
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CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.
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Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
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Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
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When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
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ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.
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Men who expect universal peace through invention of destructive weapons of war are no wiser than one who, noting the improvement of agricultural implements, should prophesy an end to the tilling of the soil.
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REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience.
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Take not God's name in vain select a time when it will have effect.
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