More quotes by Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

"Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy."
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"Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."
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"Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel."
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"Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage."
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"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
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