SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
Ambrose BierceWork: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
Ambrose BierceNOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
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