Related:

• Forgetfulness, n.: A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
• OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• WINE, n. Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum.
  Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...