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• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
  In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel....
• ACCORDION, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• CORSAIR, n. A politician of the seas. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• COURT FOOL, n. The plaintiff. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...