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A potted version of Ambrose Bierce's deliciously wicked Devil's Dictionary. Written almost a 100 years ago, Bierce's work remains a masterpiece of cynicism and emotional depravity. Who said it was a modern malaise? B: BORE: A person who talks when you wish him to listen D: DISTANCE: The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep M: MARRIAGE: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, two slaves, making in all two S: SAUCE: The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has a thousand vices. A people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety nine. For every sauce invented and accepted, a vice is renounced and forgiven
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The Illustrated Devil's Dictionary: Abridged by Michelle Lovric, Ambrose Bierce, Michelle Lovric
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2004
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- Titolo
- The Illustrated Devil's Dictionary: Abridged by Michelle Lovric
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Ambrose Bierce, Michelle Lovric
- Editore
- AURA
- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 64
- ISBN10
- 1903938627
- ISBN13
- 9781903938621
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Storie vere, Tematica filosofica, Umorismo, Classici, Giornalismo d’opinione & Saggi, Critica sociale, Satira
- Descrizione
- A potted version of Ambrose Bierce's deliciously wicked Devil's Dictionary. Written almost a 100 years ago, Bierce's work remains a masterpiece of cynicism and emotional depravity. Who said it was a modern malaise? B: BORE: A person who talks when you wish him to listen D: DISTANCE: The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep M: MARRIAGE: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, two slaves, making in all two S: SAUCE: The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has a thousand vices. A people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety nine. For every sauce invented and accepted, a vice is renounced and forgiven