Ambrose Bierce

EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly...

EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly...

EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or...

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ENTHUSIASM, n. A...

ENTHUSIASM, n. A...

ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of...

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EFFECT, n. The...

EFFECT, n. The...

EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is...

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EDIBLE, adj. Good...

EDIBLE, adj. Good...

EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to...

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DIPLOMACY, n. Lying...

DIPLOMACY, n. Lying...

DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

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EDUCATION, n. That...

EDUCATION, n. That...

EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...

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EVANGELIST, n. A...

EVANGELIST, n. A...

EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation...

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ELEGY, n. A...

ELEGY, n. A...

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce...

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EJECTION, n. An...

EJECTION, n. An...

EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme...

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DISABUSE, v.t. To...

DISABUSE, v.t. To...

DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to...

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ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any...

ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any...

ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.

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EXCEPTION, n. A...

EXCEPTION, n. A...

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful...

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EXTINCTION, n. The...

EXTINCTION, n. The...

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

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END, n. The...

END, n. The...

END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.

Source:...

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DUEL, n. A...

DUEL, n. A...

DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory...

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EPIGRAM, n. A...

EPIGRAM, n. A...

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by...

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EXISTENCE, n. A...

EXISTENCE, n. A...

EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,
Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:
From which...

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FASHION, n. A...

FASHION, n. A...

FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

Source: The Devil's...

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ENOUGH, pro. All...

ENOUGH, pro. All...

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

Source: The Devil's...

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ELECTOR, n. One...

ELECTOR, n. One...

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's...

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