RICH, Adj. Holding In Trust And Subject To An Accounting The Property Of The Indolent, The Incompetent, The Unthrifty, The Envious And The Luckless.

RICH, Adj. Holding In Trust And Subject To An Accounting The Property Of The Indolent, The Incompetent, The Unthrifty, The Envious And The Luckless.

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RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property
of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the
luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the
Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid
advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth.
Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language....
OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.
The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most intelligent animal....
LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property.
The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure....
EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons.
It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest....
BOTTLE-NOSED, adj. Having a nose created in the image of its maker.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Cabbage, n.: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...