We’ve been featuring highlights from The Devil’s Dictionary, the 19th-century collection of cynical wit by Ambrose Bierce, for some time now. Directly contradicting Bierce’s definition of “enough”.

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy. The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most intelligent animal.

OCCIDENT, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call “war” and “commerce.” These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

ONCE, adv. Enough.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

OPPORTUNITY, n. A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

OUTDO, v.t. To make an enemy.

OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.