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

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if...

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if...

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes...

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes...

There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of...

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of...

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...

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

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...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What...

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What...

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...

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal...

Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal...

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...

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...