BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who
has nothing to get all that he can.
A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects
every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal
instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His
creatures.
Henry Ward Beecher
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
has nothing to get all that he can.
A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects
every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal
instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His
creatures.
Henry Ward Beecher
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- INSECTIVORA, n.
"See," cries the chorus of admiring preachers,
"How Providence provides for all His creatures!" ... - ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects
to get.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - DEBAUCHEE, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has
had the misfortune to overtake it.
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... - SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_)
with an audible memory.
The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he... - SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true,
creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine... - Coward, n.: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- Jimmy Swaggart says let those Catholics have their silly bingo.
He is into stud poker... - Fandom is the world's most sophisticated and advanced
system for just hanging around... - There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he
has to take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
W.C.... - AHA! You're one of those short Canadians who couldn't
play hockey... - So slow he has to speed up
to stop...
