Inventor, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels,
levers, and springs, and believes it civilization.
-- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary"
levers, and springs, and believes it civilization.
-- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- ALDERMAN, n. An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving
with a pretence of open marauding.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we
are having.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth
and power,
or the consideration to be dead. -- Ambrose Bierce... - GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by
committing dyspepsia.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better
than another.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Abstainer, n.:
A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a
pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- On the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy
and extensive scene of crowds without company,
and dissipation without pleasure. -- Edward Gibbon... - Murder is always a mistake -- one should never do anything one cannot
talk about after dinner.
Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian... - Force has no place where there is need of skill
--... - Logic doesn't apply to the real world.
--
Marvin... - How many
French farmers
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. Farmer #1 goes away and gets a new light bulb...
