"APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697"
— Aphorisms

January 1, 1970

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Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?), American writer. The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)