American - Journalist | June 24, 1842 - 1914
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose Bierce
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
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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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Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
OpinionBeliefOwnStatement
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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