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Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

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WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

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LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper... the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species.

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An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

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Critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.

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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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Born: June 24, 1842

Died: December 26, 1913 (aged 71)

Bio: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary.

Known for:

The Devil's Dictionary (1906)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1890)
Can Such Things Be? (1893)
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891)
The Damned Thing (1898)

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