There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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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...

Habit is a shackle for the free.

Habit is a shackle for the free.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

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...

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...

Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure,...

Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure,...

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...

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

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

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,...

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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

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

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

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

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...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

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.

ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all...

ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all...

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection his...

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection his...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microspically thin line between...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microspically thin line between...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...