Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
Ambrose BierceINADMISSIBLE- Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence.
Ambrose BierceMAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
Ambrose BierceTARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.
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