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Taken Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe],…
- SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more…
- TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were:…
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