Related:

• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• 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...
• PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft.
  To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band....
• COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Hatred, n.: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• REVERENCE, n. The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary