IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
Ambrose BierceIf every hypocrite in the United States were to break his leg to-day the country could be successfully invaded to-morrow by the warlike hypocrites of Canada.
Ambrose BiercePERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
Ambrose Bierce