Barometer, N.: An Ingenious Instrument Which Indicates What Kind Of Weather We Are Having.
- Ambrose Bierce
Politeness, N. The Most Acceptable Hypocrisy.
The Covers Of This Book Are Too Far Apart.
Calamities Are Of Two Kinds: Misfortunes To Ourselves, And Good Fortune To Others.
Quotation, N: The Act Of Repeating Erroneously The Words Of Another.
Bore, N.: A Person Who Talks When You Wish Him To Listen.
The Gambling Known As Business Looks With Austere Disfavor Upon The Business Known As Gambling.
Politics, N. Strife Of Interests Masquerading As A Contest Of Principles.
Brain: An Apparatus With Which We Think We Think.
Painting: The Art Of Protecting Flat Surfaces From The Weather And Exposing Them To The Critic.
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