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It’s the birthday of #AmbroseBierce, born near Horse Cave Creek, #Ohio (1842-1914). He wrote essays, journalism, and satire, and he’s well known for his short stories, especially “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) & #TheDevilsDictionary (1906), a satirical reference book.
American writer and Civil War veteran #AmbroseBierce died #onthisday in 1914. #TheDevilsDictionary #satire #fiction #journalism #realism #Bierce #trivia
"Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me."
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"Improvidence, n. Provision for the needs of today from the revenues of tomorrow."
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"Year, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments."
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"Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
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AMBITION, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
CABBAGE, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
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BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.
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@steven_kotler holy smokes! #TheDevilsDictionary represents insanely masterful writing meets a very likely #SciFi future most would never realize is coming!
~“The experience of an experience he didn’t want to experience the first time around.” 👏👏👏
CHRISTMAS: A day set apart and consecrated to gluttony, drunkenness, maudlin, sentiment, gift-taking, public dulness and domestic misbehavior.
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PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. #TheDevilsDictionary
ATTORNEY, n. A person legally appointed to mismanage one's affairs which one has not himself the skill to rightly mismanage. #TheDevilsDictionary
Most politicians start as attorneys.
"Telephone: An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance." - Ambrose Bierce, THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1906)
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HYPOCRITE, n. One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. #TheDevilsDictionary
"Cemetery: An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target, and stone-cutters spell for a wager." - Ambrose Bierce, THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1906)
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The Continental, n. A radio show hosted by DJ rhatfink that celebrates themes through the playing of recorded music every Thursday morning from 7-9am on @wxnafm #thedevilsdictionary
Le añadiría la «cagada de mosca» que, según Bierce, era el prototipo de la #puntuación: https://t.co/Izs68hs0g7.
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In which Julian Barnes feels sorry for the exclamation mark, Ursula K. Le Guin loves a half-assed semicolon, and Gertrude Stein finds commas servile. https://t.co/ZaBOKgoBPH
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." - Ambrose Bierce
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Quotation of the Day: Congratulation, n.: The civility of envy. (Ambrose Bierce) #TheDevilsDictionary https://t.co/OHqK1ldkrv
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