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• LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Inventor, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs, and believes it civilization.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music.
  The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization....
• SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment.
  A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine....
• 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
• DENTIST, n. A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Dentist, n.: A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth, pulls coins out of one's pockets.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...