POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose BierceTags: politics
The devil had not only acquired a monopoly of the good music and the good fun, but has of late acquired a controlling interest in the good writing.
Ambrose BierceFUTURE, n.
That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
Ambrose BierceTags: humor funny myth definition fables revision legends revisionist
Dictionary, n. A malevolent literacy device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.
Ambrose BierceTags: dictionaries
Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters.
Ambrose BierceDestiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
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