PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may
be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the
passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The
object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the
passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The
object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- Labor, n.: One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an
imaginary one.
Important. Material things I know, or fell, or... - BONDSMAN, n. A fool who, having property of his own,
undertakes to become responsible for that entrusted... - Labor, n:
One of the processes whereby A acquires property for B.
Ambrose... - GRAVITATION, n. The tendency of all bodies to approach one another
with a strength proportion to the quantity of matter they contain -
the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained... - ENCOMIAST, n. A special (but not particular) kind of liar.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- Time is flying never to
return. --... - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of... - I've got a very bad feeling about this.
- Han... - By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more
government workers than there are workers.
Augustine's Law Number LI -- Norman R. Augustine,... - Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright,
Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- On the Death of...
