The pig is taught by sermons and epistles To think the God … - Ambrose Bierce

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The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.

Ambrose Bierce

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary · January 3, 2002 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – date of death uncertain; probably late 1912 or early 1914) was an American satirist, critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. He is perhaps most famous for his serialized mock lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary, in which, over the years, he scathed American culture and accepted wisdom by pointing out alternate, more practical definitions for common words.

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Pen Names: Dod Grile • William Herman

Birth Name: Ambrose Gwinnetter Bierice

Alternative Names: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

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ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

His virtues were so conspicuous that his enemies, unable to overlook them, denied them, and his friends, to whose loose lives they were a rebuke, represented them as vices. They are here commemorated by his family, who shared them.

Apologize, v. To lay the foundation for a future offense.

The pig is taught by sermons and epistles To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles. - Ambrose Bierce

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