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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WHITE adj. and n. Black.’…

‘WHITE adj. and n. Black.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WIT n. The salt with which t…

‘WIT n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WITTICISM n. A sharp and cle…

‘WITTICISM n. A sharp and clever remark usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘UNIVERSALIST n. One who forg…

‘UNIVERSALIST n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘VOTE n. The instrument and s…

‘VOTE n. The instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘VIRTUES n.pl. Certain absten…

‘VIRTUES n.pl. Certain abstentions.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘WALL STREET n. A symbol for …

‘WALL STREET n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘TRUTH n. An ingenious compou…

‘TRUTH n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing … to the end of … Continue reading

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘ZEUS n. The chief of Grecian…

‘ZEUS n. The chief of Grecian gods adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God Gold Mob and Dog.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘ZIGZAG v.t. To move forward …

‘ZIGZAG v.t. To move forward uncertainly from side to side as one carrying the white mans burden. (From zed z and jag an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)’

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