Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

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

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

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your...

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your...

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...

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...

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...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of...

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of...

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...

Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar...

Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar...

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example...

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example...

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of...

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of...

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and...

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and...

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

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

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

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.