Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
Ambrose BierceBore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Ambrose BierceHumanity, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
Ambrose BierceOpportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
Ambrose BierceOcean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.
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