Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by...

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by...

CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women...

CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women...

Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by...

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by...

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as...

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as...

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities...

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities...

LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

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...

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

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

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to...

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to...

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

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...

DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.

DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.

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...

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent...

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent...

Incompatibility: In matrimony, a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Incompatibility: In matrimony, a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not...

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not...

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.