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ACADEME: An Ancient School Where Morality And Philosophy Were Taught.
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ACADEME: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.
Academy: A modern school where football is taught.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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University: A modern school where football is taught.
-- Paraphrased from Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" -- (definition of "Academe")...
ACADEMY: A modern school where football is taught.
INSTITUTE: An archaic school where football is not taught....
University: A modern school where football is taught.
I went to a Catholic school where the kids were so tough the nun taught us art and how to draw composite sketches.
CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
Where there's a will there's a won't. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor.
It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism....
Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...