Related:

• EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Abasement, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power.
  Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer....
• CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Habit, n. A shackle for the free. -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORDION, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary