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Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Additional Catch Deity Designed Dog Kind Overflow Surplus World Worship

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A man is known by the company he organizes.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Company He Known Man

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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Another Commonly Move Mysterious Property Way

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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Administration American American Politics Condition Country Failed Given Having He Leave Office People Person Politics Secure Who

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Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Convent Idleness Leisure Meditate Place Retirement Sin Who Wish Women

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Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Active Curiosity Cursed Desire Female Insatiable Know Masculine Mind Most Passions Quality Soul Whether Woman

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Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: All Things Call Leaving Respond Spring Things Trees

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Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Come Go Lawsuit Machine Out Pig Sausage Which You

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Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Advocate Blameless Characters Designed Formal Inquiry Judges Prove Put Record Trial

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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Bestowed Compensation Conscience Debtors Forgetfulness Gift God

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: June 24th, 1842

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