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
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Devil's Dictionary
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