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• LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
  The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion -- thu...
• PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MINOR, adj. Less objectionable. -- 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
• CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...