Absentee, n.: A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove
himself from the sphere of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
himself from the sphere of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- Absentee, n.:
A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove
himself from the sphere of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary... - ABSENTEE: A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove themselves from the sphere of exaction.
- Abstainer, n.:
A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a
pleasure.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary... - EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth
and power, or the consideration to be dead.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary... - KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary... - Critic, n.:
A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries
to please him.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary... - critic, n.:
A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries
to please him.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
