TRUCE, N. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary

Related:

• RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• DATARY, n. A high ecclesiastic official of the Roman Catholic Church, whose important function is to brand the Pope's bulls with the words _Datum Romae_.
  He enjoys a princely revenue and the friendship of God....
• 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...
• ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• BILLINGSGATE, n. The invective of an opponent. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary