Occident, n. The part of the world lying west (or · Ambrose Bierce

Occident, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call “war" and “commerce.” These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

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Public, n . The negligible factor in problems of legislation. Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. PEACE , n . In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. The Devil’s Dictionary (1911) Prevaricator, n . A liar in the caterpillar state.

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