автордың кітабынан сөз тіркестері  The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

DARING, n. One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security.

CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.

CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

CORONATION, n. The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.

COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.