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

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

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...

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to...

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to...

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...

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it...

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it...

OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession...

OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession...

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

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,...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against...

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if...

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if...

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo...

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo...

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...

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working...

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working...

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...

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government...

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government...

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.