Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things...

A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things...

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to...

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to...

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

Advice is the smallest current coin.

Advice is the smallest current coin.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress,...

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress,...