MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and blood can bear.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

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.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his...

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of...

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of...

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a...

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a...

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of...

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of...

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from...

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from...

INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry...

INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry...

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough...

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

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

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