Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to...

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to...

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to...

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to...

Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a...

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a...

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution...

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution...

Example is better than following it.

Example is better than following it.

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against...

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they...

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they...

It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women,...

It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women,...

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing...

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing...