MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
Ambrose BierceDistance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
Ambrose BierceFinance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager
Ambrose BierceRespectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
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