OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
Ambrose BierceBigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Ambrose BierceChildhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
Ambrose Bierce