ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable
natural laws.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
natural laws.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of
Law.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the
understanding.
A tyranny tempered by stenography. -- Ambrose Bierce... - CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent
the fall of an elevator,
or cage, in case of an accident to the hoisting apparatus... - ACCORD, n. Harmony.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - IMPUNITY, n. Wealth.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - TRUCE, n. Friendship.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - CANNIBAL, n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple
tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to
the language.
The least disagreeable form of dramatic action. -...
From the same category:
- I'm often asked the question, "Do you think there is extraterrestrial
intelligence?" I give the standard arguments -
there are a lot of places out there, and use the word... - Rush Limbaugh:
The world's most gifted idiot... - To err is human, to repent, divine, to persist, devilish.
Benjamin Franklin (1706... - You show me your compiler and I'll show you my linker
" "And maybe afterward we wont have to debug... - The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great
height but just above the ground.
It seems more designed to make people stumble than...
