DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to
call theirs, and keep.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
call theirs, and keep.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- Kleptomaniac, n.: A rich thief.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - Mausoleum, n. The final and funniest folly of the rich.
Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's... - Telephone, n.:
An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the
advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Ambrose... - telephone, n.:
An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of
making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Ambrose... - GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- Let knowledge grow from more to more.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-
In Memoriam, Prologue, Line... - The meek shall inherit the earth --
they are too weak to refuse... - Lunacon '92-
and he built a crooked house... - There are people who stictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable,
drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired... - Wisdom is divided into two parts:
1) having a great deal to say,
and 2) not saying it...
