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EDUCATION, N. That Which Discloses To The Wise And Disguises From The Foolish Their Lack Of Understanding.
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EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the
foolish their lack of understanding.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding.
A tyranny tempered by stenography. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Cabbage, n.: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey. -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary
POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary