Creative Quotations from . . .
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) born on Jun 24
US "journalist, short-story writer". "He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution."
 
   
F
WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to."

R
"UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith."
A
"SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (See LOGIC.)"
N
"UN-AMERICAN, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish."
K
"TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
R: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
A: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
N: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
K: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
   



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