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• LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
  The rising People, hot and out of breath, Roared around the palace...
• FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager.
  The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions....
• DARING, n. One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy. -- Ambrose Bierce: "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Female: One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. -- Ambrose Bierce: "The Devil's Dictionary
• INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary...