Ambrose Bierce
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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
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Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.