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• BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison.
  A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues....
• PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that -- "Stone walls do not a prison make
  but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets....
• 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
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• BILLINGSGATE, n. The invective of an opponent. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary