THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Ambrose Bierce

 

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Male - A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex.

 

Marriage - The state or condition of a community consisting  of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

 

Mausoleum - The final and funniest folly of the rich

 

Meekness - Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while

 

Mercy - An attribute beloved of detected offenders

 

Monday - In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game

 

Mouth - In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart