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• AIR: A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.
  -- Ambrose Bierce...
• APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness.
  When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants....
• 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
• MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm.
  Worn in New Jersey. But "mousquetaire" is a might poor way to spell muskeeter....