An ambassador is a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given an office by the Administration on condition that he leave t… - Ambrose Bierce
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An ambassador is a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given an office by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – date of death uncertain; probably late 1912 or early 1914) was an American satirist, critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. He is perhaps most famous for his serialized mock lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary, in which, over the years, he scathed American culture and accepted wisdom by pointing out alternate, more practical definitions for common words.
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ARMY, n. A class of non-producers who defend the nation by devouring everything likely to tempt an enemy to invade.
HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
Abstemio, s. Persona de carácter débil, que cede a la tentación de negarse un placer. Abstemio total es el que se abstiene de todo, menos de la abstención; en especial, se abstiene de no meterse en los asuntos ajenos.
