Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences....

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences....

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

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

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

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

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...

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...

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

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...

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable

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...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous...

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

If this is a crush, then I don't know if I could take the real...

If this is a crush, then I don't know if I could take the real...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

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

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

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.