ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman
wrestles with his record.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
wrestles with his record.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors
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to dislodge the worms. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the
superstructure of organized society is reared.
When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail... - Politician, n.:
An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of
organized society is reared.
When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his... - QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the
aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.
He extracted from his quiver, Did the controversial... - WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his
intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Wit, n.:
The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery
.
by leaving it out. -- Ambrose Bierce... - BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two
nations,
separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary...
