LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure. - Ambrose Bierce - Quotesmemo.com

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Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.

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Ambrose Bierce

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.

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DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.

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TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source --the first words of the ancient Latin hymn _Te Deum Laudamus_. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.

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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

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Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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