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A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
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Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
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A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
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According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians.
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adore, v.t. To venerate expectantly.
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MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
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