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" HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being 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 fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for
advantage of the lawyers. "

Ambrose Bierce , The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary


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Ambrose Bierce quote : HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are<br />four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and<br />praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain<br />whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for<br />advantage of the lawyers.