Related:

• CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PLAGIARISM, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...