Ambrose Bierce's Quote - Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious. – Ambrose Bierce

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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. – Ambrose Bierce

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Mothers

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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Prayer

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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce

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