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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already su

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker. – Ambrose Bierce

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