Definitions of the Day – Dec. 9, 2022

Distance, n.  The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep.

Dragoon, n.  A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback.

  • Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

1 thought on “Definitions of the Day – Dec. 9, 2022

  1. k 2

    Ashame Bierce can’t revise for the woke era. Drag Goon. He would romp repeatedly in the end zone. Bierce, I meant. Well maybe ..

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