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• A man is known by the company that he organizes. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American.
  Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic....
• HARANGUE, n. A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue- outang.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...