The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.
Ambrose BierceWAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.
Ambrose BierceHeathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
Ambrose BierceKING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.
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