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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries . .
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used ... as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities.
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Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
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CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and who followed the primitive economic maxim, Every man his own horse.
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Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.
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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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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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VIRTUES, n.pl. Certain abstentions.
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GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.
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If every hypocrite in the United States were to break his leg to-day the country could be successfully invaded to-morrow by the warlike hypocrites of Canada.
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You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
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Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
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ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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