OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.
Ambrose BiercePROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.
Ambrose BierceELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.
Ambrose BierceThe world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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