Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Congratulations is the civility of envy.

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

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...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his...

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his...

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.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its...

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its...

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

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

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

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

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...

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

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...

When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

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...

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend...

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still...

Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still...

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the...

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the...

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.