Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers.
Ambrose BiercePolitics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose BierceAn old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.
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