Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary:

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform March 2, 2015)
ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all true men engage. From women this ancient faith commands but a stammering assent. They sometimes minister at the altar in a half-hearted and ineffective way, but true reverence for the one deity that men really adore they know not. If woman had a free hand in the world's marketing the race would become graminivorous. ABILITY, n. The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. Perhaps, however, this impressive quality is rightly appraised; it is no easy task to be solemn.
ISBN
1508700192 / 9781508700197
Pages
214
Weight
13.6 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.5 in.

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