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• Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• HEARSE, n. Death's baby-carriage. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• 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
• ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...