Related:

• MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Death: to stop sinning suddenly. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary