“MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“MISFORTUNE, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“MAUSOLEUM, n. The final and funniest folly of the rich.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“LOW-BRED, adj.: “Raised” instead of brought up.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“LIBERTY, n.: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“LAZINESS, n.: Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“LAWFUL, adj.: Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“JEALOUS, adj.: Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary