Related:

• BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• INDISCRETION, n. The guilt of woman. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable.
  The best kind is beauty. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship.
  In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble....
• RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Rabble: In a republic, those who hold supreme power tempered by fraudulent elections.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...