THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY Ambrose Bierce - Sunny Hills High School

Or at leastwise not as such.
Moral of this woful poem:
Frequent oil your safety‐clutch.
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SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old
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calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis
de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear
that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate
things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a
perfect gentleman, though a fool."
SALACITY, n. A certain literary quality frequently observed in
popular novels, especially in those written by women and young girls,
who give it another name and think that in introducing it they are
occupying a neglected field of letters and reaping an overlooked
harvest. If they have the misfortune to live long enough they are
tormented with a desire to burn their sheaves.
SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an
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