APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a
solution to the labor question.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
solution to the labor question.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- AIR, n. A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for
the fattening of the poor.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet
for the self-made man,
along the path by which he advances to distinction... - Labor, n.:
One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Liver: A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious
with.
Ambrose Bierce: "The Devil's... - ACCORD, n. Harmony.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - IMPUNITY, n. Wealth.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's...
From the same category:
- Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so
beautifully furnishes a house.
Henry Ward... - I see when men love women they give but a little of their lives but
women when they love give everything.
Oscar... - I don't think I'm ever more "aware" than I am right after I hit my thumb with a
hammer.
Deep Thoughts, by Jack... - Reality is an incompressible computation by a fractal cellular automaton
of inconceivable dimensions.
Rudy... - I'm paranoid about everything. Even at home, on my stationary exercise
bike,
I have a rearview mirror ... This is rumor, but one...
