INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- Positive, adj.:
Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's... - Positive, adj.:
Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard
to the greater number of instances men find to be generally
inexpedient comes to be considered wrong,
wicked, immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong... - PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to
those of the whole.
The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. ... - Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's... - DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.
--
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying,
And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow... - The heart that loves is always young.
--
Greek... - Which arrived first,
talk shows or sexual abnormalities... - Concentrate on finding your goal,
then concentrate on reaching it... - Don't order a drink for the road,
because the road is already laid out.
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