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• PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• OUTDO, v.t. To make an enemy. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy -- that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven.
  As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, "A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created....
• After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven.
  As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created....
• CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
  When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved....
• OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_.
  Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an _old_ book....