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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

Ambrose Bierce
Learning, Science, Old Things
“FBI revisiting Clinton emails just latest in long history of 'October Surprises“ by Chad Pergram, www.foxnews.com. October 29, 2016.

PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.

Ambrose Bierce
Fashion, Learning, Feelings
Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.93, Courier Corporation

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

Ambrose Bierce
Learning, Popular Vote, Law
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.195, University of Georgia Press

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense.

Ambrose Bierce
Learning, Ignorance, Race

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn.

Ambrose Bierce
Learning, Persons, Subjects
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.145, 谷月社

R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of "requiescat in pace", attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than "reductus in pulvis".

Ambrose Bierce
Learning, Drs, Pace
Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.783, Library of America

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