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• Example is better than following it. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• DISABUSE, v.t. The present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed it advantageous to embrace.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• OTHERWISE, adv. No better. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Think twice before you speak to a friend in need. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.
  "Eat arsenic? Yes, all you get," Consenting, he did speak up...