PREDILECTION, N. The Preparatory Stage Of Disillusion.

PREDILECTION, N. The Preparatory Stage Of Disillusion.

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PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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ADOLESCENCE: The stage between puberty and adultery. -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary
ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors.
The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity....
BILLINGSGATE, n. The invective of an opponent. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary