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• MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
  "Persevere, persevere!" cry the homilists all, Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl....
• All Roads Lead to Rome.
• PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• HARBOR, n. A place where ships taking shelter from stores are exposed to the fury of the customs.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• How many roads must a man walk down before he finds a damn good pub?
  Let us define n to be the number of roads a man must travel before he finds the pub defined above....
• POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Where there's a will there's a won't. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Heaven, n.: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...