Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce
Opiate. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. – Ambrose Bierce

Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce
Opiate. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. – Ambrose Bierce
Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw. – Ambrose Bierce
Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg