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• In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel.
  With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first....
• Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. -- S.
  Johnson, "The Life of Samuel Johnson" by J. Boswell In Dr....
• ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Poker, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...