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Ambrose Bierce's Definitions in The Devil's Dictionary S

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From: CCPA Monitor
Date: 20060701
Author:Anonymous

SAINT: A dead sinner.

SATAN: One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes.

SATIETY: The feeling one has for the plate after eating its contents.

SATIRE: A kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies are expounded with imperfect tenderness.

SAUCE: The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. For every sauce invented and accepted, a vice is renounced and forgiven.

SCRIBBLER: A professional writer whose views differ from one's own.

SCRIPTURES: The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all ...

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