The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
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Judibras ADORE, v.t. To venerate expectantly. ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. "The man was in such deep distress," Said Tom, "that I could do no less Than give him good advice." Said Jim: "If less could have been done for him I know you well enough, my son, To know that's what you would have done." Jebel Jocordy AFFIANCED, pp. Fitted with an ankle-ring for the ball-and-chain. AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world. AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way. AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit. AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors |
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