Calamity, N. A More Than Commonly Plain And Unmistakable Reminder That The Affairs Of This Life Are Not Of Our Own Ordering.

Calamity, N. A More Than Commonly Plain And Unmistakable Reminder That The Affairs Of This Life Are Not Of Our Own Ordering.

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Calamity, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that
the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of
two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
-- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary"

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Misfortune, n.: The kind of fortune that never misses.
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Misfortune, n.: The kind of fortune that never misses.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
Peace, n.: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...