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• Noncombatant, n.: A dead Quaker. -- Ambrose Bierce
• Noncombatant: A dead Quaker. -- Ambrose Bierce
• NON-COMBATANT, n. A dead Quaker. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Ambition, n: An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce...
• EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PHONOGRAPH, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Ambition, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...