DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from
private station to political preferment.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
private station to political preferment.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and
a fat preferment.
One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God. ... - BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two
nations,
separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary... - NOMINEE, n. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of
private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public
office.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us
that -
"Stone walls do not a prison make," but a combination... - Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of
principles.
The conduct of public affairs for private advantage... - PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his
knapsack and an impediment in his hope.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - DRAMATIST, n. One who adapts plays from the French.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of
tears.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
