KINDNESS, N. A Brief Preface To Ten Volumes Of Exaction.

KINDNESS, N. A Brief Preface To Ten Volumes Of Exaction.

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KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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Absentee, n.: A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove himself from the sphere of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
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
ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary