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• PLEASURE, n. The least hateful form of dejection. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• HEARSE, n. Death's baby-carriage. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• He laughs best who laughs least. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ROAD, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
  All roads, howsoe'er they diverge, lead to Rome, Whence, thank the good Lord, at least one leads back home....
• ARCHITECT, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Coward, n.: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...