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• FLESH, n. The Second Person of the secular Trinity. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality.
  Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion....
• LODGER, n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Alliance, n.: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics.
  The other is Pull. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• INCUMBENT, n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Incumbent, n.: Person of liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...