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Absent, adj.: Exposed to the attacks of friends and acquaintances; defamed; slandered.
Absentee, n.: A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove himself from the sphere of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Abstainer, n.: A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.
-- Wallace Sayre...
Accident, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.
Accidents cause History.
According to Arkansas law, Section 4761, Pope's Dige
According to Kentucky state law, every person must take a bath at least once a year.
According to my best recollection, I don't remember. -- Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo

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