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Ambrose Bierce's Definitions In The Devil's Dictionary F

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From: CCPA Monitor
Date: 20050601
Author:Bierce, Ambrose

FAITH: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge.

FEAST: A festival usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness. Religious feasts are either "movable" or "immovable," but the celebrants are uniformly immovable until they are full.

FIB: A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth.

FINANCE: The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager.

FORGETFULNESS: A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

FORK: An instrument used chiefly for the ...

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