LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
A violin is the revenge exacted by the intestines of a dead cat.
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
When in Rome, do as Rome does.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.