The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 15.09.2010 - 440 Seiten If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. |
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... one's organs of sight merely thwarts one's ability to observe firsthand the misdeeds of one's fellow human beings, who continue to commit the misdeeds. Bierce's mission was to eradicate the misdeeds. Bierce was not one to write directly ...
... one's cynicism becomes perfect and absolute, there is no longer anything amusing in the stupidity and hypocrisy of the herd. It is all to be expected—what else could human nature produce?—so irony annuls itself by means of its own ...
... one's relatives or cronies would be real, true hospitality. It is not Bierce's definitions that are perverted, as is often charged, but the human tendency not only to turn one's head from what was once unacceptable but then to make it ...
... one's own habit of thought, not sufficient in itself to constitute insanity. Abet, v.t. To encourage in crime, as to aid poverty with pennies. Abhorrence, n. One of the degrees of disapproval due to what is imperfectly understood. Abide ...
... one's overtaxed capacity. Abstruseness, n. The bait of a bare hook. Absurdity, n. [1..] A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. [2.] The argument of an opponent. A belief in which one has not had the ...
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