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- Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Phonograph, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Lawyer, n. One skilled in the circumvention of the law.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- I think I think, therefore, I think I am.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- The covers of this book are too far apart.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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