Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory...

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory...

Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as...

Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as...

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.

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to...

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and...

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and...

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or...

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or...

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of...

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of...

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...

Example is better than following it.

Example is better than following it.

OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything...

OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is...

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is...