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 tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared
with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of
organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the
agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared
with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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- 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... - 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... - RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of
Law.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch
the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
This Divine Being in some of his smaller and silkier... - 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... - ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman
wrestles with his record.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked
a pocket with his tongue.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - MYRMIDON, n. A follower of Achilles -- particularly when he didn't
lead.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - 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...
