VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace.
WEDDING, n. A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
Ambrose Bierce
This concludes highlights from The Devil's Dictionary.
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