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• Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
  -- Ambrose Bierce...
• PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
  Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work...
• CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Critic, n.: A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...