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Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
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Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
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Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
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Erudition, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
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Sabbath, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or ones neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
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Religion, n. A daughter of Flope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Rebel, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
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Presidency, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
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Born on June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio, Ambrose Bierce enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. After the war, he moved to California, where he became an influential journalist and newspaper editor. Bierce gained fame for his scathing style and his distrust of hypocrisy and pretense. His most famous work is 'The Devil's Dictionary,' a collection of satirical and witty definitions that expose human and social flaws. His short stories, such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' are notable for their dark atmosphere, surprising endings, and psychological exploration. Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico in 1913, while traveling to cover the Mexican Revolution, leaving behind a lasting and enigmatic literary legacy.