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ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.So wide his erudition's mighty span, He knew Creation's origin and plan And only came by accident to grief -- He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief. --Romach Pute

Ambrose Bierce

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Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
— Ambrose Bierce
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REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Hopefully, we'll expose a beautiful face -- a skull, that's what we're hoping for. It could be dust ... (or) it could be a very well-preserved skeleton.
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With various readings stored his empty skull, / Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
— Charles Churchill
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