Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Merchant, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.
A man is known by the company he organizes.
Friendless, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Disobey, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command.
Decalogue, n. A series of commandments, ten in number – just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.
Comfort, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor’s uneasiness.
Comet, n. An excuse for being out late at night and going home drunk in the morning.
Plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.
