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• HARBOR, n. A place where ships taking shelter from stores are exposed to the fury of the customs.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• COURT FOOL, n. The plaintiff. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• APRIL FOOL, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• DESTINY, n. A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for failure.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...