MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the
anthropoid poets.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing
nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Pig, n.:
An animal (Porcus omnivorous) closely allied to the human race
by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite,
which, however, is inferior in scope, for... - Male, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex.
The male of the human race is commonly known (to the... - DICTATOR, n. The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of
despotism to the plague of anarchy.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music.
The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization... - DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from
private station to political preferment.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
