Creative Quotations from . . .
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) born on Jun 24
US journalist, short-story writer. He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution.
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F
MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.

R
MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
A
MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.
N
MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.
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MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
 

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
R: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
A: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
N: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
K: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
 

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