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“GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the…” quote by Ambrose Bierce — Download Open image

“GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.”

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IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes…

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RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

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There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.

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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.

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WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.

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

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