Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom.
Ambrose BiercePANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.
Ambrose BierceMiss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense.
Ambrose BierceENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
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