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• OTHERWISE, adv. No better. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Better late than before anybody has invited you. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• DISABUSE, v.t. The present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed it advantageous to embrace.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
  Following is a touching example: Here lie the bones of Parson Platt, Wise, pious, humble and all that, Who showed us life as all should live i...
• PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
  It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne....
• PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
  An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die....