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Impiety, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.
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Imagination, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Occident, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call “war" and “commerce.” These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
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Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
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Meekness, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
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Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.
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Administration, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president.
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Ghost, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Funeral, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
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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.