Related:

• Dawn, n.: The time when men of reason go to bed.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• DUCK-BILL, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.
  -- 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
• ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...