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• REVERENCE, n. The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe.
  Friendly warning. Consigned by way of admonition, His soul forever to perdition....
• PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial. Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner.
• RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections.
  The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable -- omnipotent on condition that it do nothing....
• AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.
  Incidentally, it is pretty good eating. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...