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Author: Ambrose Bierce Page 5
Twice: Once too often.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Situations
Twice
Man: An animal [whose]… chief occupation is the extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Outdo: To make an enemy.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Marriage
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Reviews/Criticism
Riot: A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Riot
Road: A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Road
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Politicians
Queen: A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Queen
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
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Love
Defame: To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
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Language
Lies
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Consolation: The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
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The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Children
Family
Boys
Barometer: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
Definitions
Language
Old
Science/Weather
Barometer
Scriptures: The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Beliefs
Definitions
Religion
Scriptures
Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Characteristics
Communication
Definitions
Language
Self
Admiration
Photograph: A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Art
Definitions
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Photograph
Picture
Delegation: In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
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Government
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Delegation
Politics
Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
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Language
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Acquaintance
Brain: An apparatus with which we think we think.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
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Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbors.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Religion
Christian
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