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• HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.
  ) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head....
• ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.
  -- 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
• BIGAMY, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...