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• NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music.
  The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization....
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Misfortune, n.: The kind of fortune that never misses.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...