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• COURT FOOL, n. The plaintiff. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Wit, n.: The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery .
  .. by leaving it out. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain.
  Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with....
• CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over history -- which she did with great dignity
  many of the prominent citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being addressed by Messrs....
• CANONICALS, n. The motley worm by Jesters of the Court of Heaven.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...