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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Appearance Earth Face Genius God Leaving Nature Original Root Woman
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Disguise Education Understand Wisdom
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Affair Assurance Future Happiness Prosperity Time
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time

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