Advice, n. The smallest current coin.
Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with others.
Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one’s country.Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
Four entries from Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary (1911).
