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• INDISCRETION, n. The guilt of woman. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime.
  To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude....
• FAITH: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks, without knowledge, of things without parallel.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft.
  To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band....
• OVEREAT, v. To dine. Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess, Well skilled to overeat without distress!
  Thy great invention, the unfatal feast, Shows Man's superiority to Beast....
• ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...