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Areas searched: AuthorAmbrose Bierce :Abstainer, n.: A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. The Devil's Dictionary ad, adj: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. The Devil's Dictionary Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. The Devil's Dictionary After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven. As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, "A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created."
"This is true," He replied.
"He will need laws," said the Demon slyly.
"What! You, his appointed Enemy for all Time! You ask for the right to make his laws?"
"Oh, no!" Satan replied, "I ask only that he be allowed to make his own." It was so granted. The Devil's Dictionary Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. The Devil's Dictionary Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. The Devil's Dictionary Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. The Devil's Dictionary Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. The Devil's Dictionary Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of another. The Devil's Dictionary Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. The Devil's Dictionary Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin. The Devil's Dictionary Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." The Devil's Dictionary Coward, n.: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. The Devil's Dictionary In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. The Devil's Dictionary Interpreter, n.: One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said. The Devil's Dictionary Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The Devil's Dictionary Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. The Devil's Dictionary Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious. The Devil's Dictionary There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy ... The Devil's Dictionary These quotes were found in my quote collection. If you can attribute any of the quotes marked as anonymous feel free to email me. hi·a·tus \hi-'â-tes\ n [L. fr. hiare to yawn] 1 : a lapse in continuity : GAP OnHiatus.com > Quote Collection > Search Quotes > Search Results: