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Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Decalogue, n. A series of commandments, ten in number—just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.
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Money, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Male, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.
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Liberty, n. One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.
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Litigant, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
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Kindness, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
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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.