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«JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
adj, concerned, if not, jealous, keeping, only if, preservation, unduly
«Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.»
«Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
boundaries, diplomatic, divorce, rectification, relations, resumption
«ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
appears, color, eloquence, includes, orally, persuading, The Gift, white
«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.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
bent, bents, bent on, denial, establishment, establishments, indulged, indulges, investigation, investigations, thorough
«HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another --the classification is for advantage of the lawyers.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
advantage, classification, classifications, excusable, fell, felonious, homicide, homicides, justifiable, kinds, lawyers, praiseworthy, slain, slaying
«Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
crossword, crossword puzzle, egotism, New York, pen, puzzle, puzzles, puzzling, The New, The New York, The New York Times, York
«Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
accordance, limitations, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, reasoning, strict, stricter, strictest, The Art of Reasoning
«Pray, v.: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Prayer
| Keywords:
behalf, confessedly, petitioner, unworthy
«Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
charms, husband, lover, terrifies, terrify
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