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• Rabble: In a republic, those who hold supreme power tempered by fraudulent elections.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BIGAMY, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
  -- 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...
• COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• NOMINEE, n. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...