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Ambrose Bierce, The Devil΄s Dictionary US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)
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Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.



Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

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

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

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