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• Applause, n: The echo of a platitude from the mouth of a fool. -- Ambrose Bierce
• 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
• Noncombatant, n.: A dead Quaker. -- Ambrose Bierce
• PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature.
  A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of a million fools in the diction of a dullard....
• ACCORDION, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...