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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
By Ambrose Bierce
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
By Ambrose Bierce
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
By Ambrose Bierce
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
By Ambrose Bierce
Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
By Ambrose Bierce
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
By Ambrose Bierce
Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
By Ambrose Bierce
Marriage. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
By Ambrose Bierce
Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
By Ambrose Bierce