Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Devil's Dictionary


ROAD, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are.

ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal.

SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Ambrose Bierce

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