Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from...

CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from...

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

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,...

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...

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited...

Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited...

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity...

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity...

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as...

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as...

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...

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin...

Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin...

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the...

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to 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...

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the...

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I always...

I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I always...