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Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Born: Jun 24, 1842
Died: 1914
About Adjective His Man Person Politics
Related authors: Charles Krauthammer Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison
Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. Ambrose Bierce
Weather Kind Having Instrument Which Ingenious Barometer
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. Ambrose Bierce
Thinking Admiral Part Talking Does Which While Figurehead
Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. Ambrose Bierce
Trial Inquiry Characters Record Blameless Put Judges Advocate Prove Formal Designed
Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state. Ambrose Bierce
Alien State His American Sovereign
Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. Ambrose Bierce
Gossip Historian
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. Ambrose Bierce
World Lying Our Lies Pretty About Soon Infancy Begins Heaven Afterwards Us
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. Ambrose Bierce
Hope Skin About Give Retaining His Up Person Bones
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