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Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition, p.180, ReadHowYouWant.com
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UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a hous … ▶
ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.12, University of Georgia Press
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil Wor … ▶
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.22, 谷月社

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition, p.180, ReadHowYouWant.com

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