For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
Ambrose BierceNominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.
Ambrose BiercePROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.
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