mattydski 560 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Some of his definitions ring truer today than they did when he wrote them, so here are a few of my favourite ones. Apologies are seldom of any use. Contempt is a kind of gangrene, which if it siezes one part of the character it corupts all the rest by degrees. Excise a hateful tax levied on comodities. Guest a man who stays for a week with another and makes him a slave for a week. Pension pay given to a state hireling for treson to his country. Patron commonly, a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery. Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SportingShooter 0 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Blackadder!! Contrafibularities Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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