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• Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as virtue. -- Ambrose Bierce, on qualifie
• PLEASURE, n. The least hateful form of dejection. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.
  (See LOGIC.) -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MINOR, adj. Less objectionable. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary