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• Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• birth, n: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce
• BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity.
  Castor and Pollux were born from the egg. Pallas came out of a skull....
• Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete/Successfully in business.
  Cheat. BIBLE = A collection of fantastic legends without any scientific support....
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial. Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner.
• ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...