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Usually Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
- Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
- WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication.
- REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of…
- KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to…
- QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually…
- SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.
- Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.
- REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.
- prospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.
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