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Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Degree Laziness Low Manner Person Repose Unwarranted

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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Advantage Any Controversy Either Impartial Perceive Personal Promise Side Unable

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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Attitude Because Call Compelled Majority Our Posture Respect Submit

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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: About Adjective Concerned Jealous Keeping Lost Only Preservation Which Worth

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Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Best Guess Harm Least Patient Physician Prescription Prolong Situation Will

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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Academy Ancient Football Modern Morality Philosophy School Taught Were Where

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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Community Condition Consisting Making Marriage Master Mistress Slaves State Two

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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Advantages Devil Disagreeable Distance His Invention Keep Making Person Some Telephone Which

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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Animals Chiefly Dead Fork Instrument Mouth Purpose Putting Used

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When you doubt, abstain.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Abstain Doubt You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: June 24th, 1842

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