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Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

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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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PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
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UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
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PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.
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OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
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CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.
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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.
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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
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Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for bliss.
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PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
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INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime.
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Don't steal thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.
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MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.
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USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion.
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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
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