Monday, October 08, 2007

Immigrant

IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
- From The Devil's Dictionary

2 comments:

Richard said...

Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary has a number of wonderful definitions.

Here is another you might like, it is attributed to Ernest Renan "A nation is a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbors"

CG said...

The best thing about the dictionary is that it's not only funny but also very true... And even though of it's age, one can apply most definitions even today!
Do you think I ought to continue following you through my own blog like some kind of disease?

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