ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that...

Pain: an uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that...

CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was...

CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was...

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...

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to...

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to...

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered...

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered...

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to...

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to...

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...

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the...

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...