Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Devil's Dictionary


COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

CONGRATULATION, n. The civility of envy.

CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

Ambrose Bierce

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