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ABDICATION, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne. Poor Isabella's Dead, whose abdication Set all tongues wagging in the Spanish nation. For that performance 'twere unfair to scold her: She wisely left a throne too hot to hold her. To History she'll be no royal riddle - Merely a plain parched pea that jumped the griddle. .

Ambrose Bierce
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HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide, Wherein he blundered and how much he lied. Salder Bupp.

Ambrose Bierce
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DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. A leaf was riven from a tree, 'I mean to fall to earth,' said he. The west wind, rising, made him veer. 'Eastward,' said he, 'I now shall steer.' The east wind rose with greater force. Said he: ''Twere wise to change my course.' With equal power they conten.

Ambrose Bierce
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What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses O.

Robert Burns
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