Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary - Large Print Edition Ambrose Bierce

The wonderful classic dictionary with the definitions you know are true. For example:

ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

CLAIRVOYANT, n. A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones.

CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because no-body tries to please him.

EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

RESIDENT, adj. Unable to leave.

You'll be unable to stop laughing, or nodding in agreement. The definitions still hold true today. You need this book on your shelf. This large print edition features easy-to-read 20 point type.