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• FAITH: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks, without knowledge, of things without parallel.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...