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nachasotov's review against another edition
4.0
Inteligente, sarcástico y entretenido. Muy ágil al momento de plantear definiciones. Recomendadísimo.
alexaperdomo's review against another edition
5.0
Uno de los libros más entretenidos y divertidos que he leído. Entre los diccionarios, único en su especie.
Irreverente y cínico, Bierce aniquila la dignidad de cualquiera y le roba toda cautela a la moral y los valores.
Le aseguro al lector que tras la lectura de estás brutales definiciones, más de un par las hará propias al encontrarlas más acertadas y reales que cualquier otra definición antes conocida.
Un par de mis favoritas:
Justicia: Artículo más o menos adulterado que el Estado vende al ciudadano a cambio de su lealtad, sus impuestos y sus servicios personales.
Misericordia: virtud que aman los delincuentes sorprendidos.
Paz: En política internacional, época de engaño entre dos épocas de lucha.
Razonable: Accesible al contagio de nuestras opiniones, receptivo a la persuasión, la disuasión, la evasiva.
Irreverente y cínico, Bierce aniquila la dignidad de cualquiera y le roba toda cautela a la moral y los valores.
Le aseguro al lector que tras la lectura de estás brutales definiciones, más de un par las hará propias al encontrarlas más acertadas y reales que cualquier otra definición antes conocida.
Un par de mis favoritas:
Justicia: Artículo más o menos adulterado que el Estado vende al ciudadano a cambio de su lealtad, sus impuestos y sus servicios personales.
Misericordia: virtud que aman los delincuentes sorprendidos.
Paz: En política internacional, época de engaño entre dos épocas de lucha.
Razonable: Accesible al contagio de nuestras opiniones, receptivo a la persuasión, la disuasión, la evasiva.
snowbenton's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointingly dull. Bierce comes across as combative and angry, and his jokes mostly attack people of his own time, leaving the modern reader bored and constantly Googling.
cantrememberthedreamthatihad's review against another edition
3.0
A cynical piece of work walks a fine line between being clever and witty and being simply bitter and angry. This work tends to flip flop between the two, leading to various levels of quality throughout the definitions.
kenziem's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite things about this book is people’s reactions to it.
My mother-in-law, who is a devout Christian (see below for Bierce’s definition), was trying to measure my husband’s height and decided to use a book to line up the measuring tape with the top of his head. The Devil’s Dictionary was the first she found and she used it before glancing down at the name. I’ve never seen her drop a book so fast! When she had to measure him again you can bet she rummaged around on the shelf for a different book.
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
Certainly an entertaining work worthy of more readers. Best read aloud to a friend with a similar sense of humor.
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My mother-in-law, who is a devout Christian (see below for Bierce’s definition), was trying to measure my husband’s height and decided to use a book to line up the measuring tape with the top of his head. The Devil’s Dictionary was the first she found and she used it before glancing down at the name. I’ve never seen her drop a book so fast! When she had to measure him again you can bet she rummaged around on the shelf for a different book.
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
Certainly an entertaining work worthy of more readers. Best read aloud to a friend with a similar sense of humor.
Visit the blog :) https://www.literarydragonreviews.website/
etienne02's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent petit «dictionnaire», dont je trouvais le titre original (Le dictionnaire du cynique) plus évocateur. Fait comme un vrai dictionnaire (des mots en ordre alphabétique et leur définition) à l'exception que les définitions des mots sont complètement cynique. Drôle et vrai, un livre simple, qu'on laisse trainer et qu'on lit ici et là. Un livre qui divertit et qui fait aussi réfléchir. Un incontournable pour tous les cyniques de ce monde!
izabrekilien's review against another edition
5.0
I read it so, so many years ago, I wanted to see if I would still enjoy it and I did ! Bierce certainly was a misanthropist, but he had such wit and dark humor !
A few examples of his definitions (I had to choose, that was hard, couldn't rewrite the book here ; you'll have to read it and please, don't miss the letter W with the definition of Woman) :
B - Bore : A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
I - Impartial : Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two conflicting opinions.
E - Elysium : An imaginary delightful country which the ancients foolishly believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the good. This ridiculous and mischievous fable was swept off the face of the earth by the early Christians - may their souls be happy in Heaven !
R -Responsibility : A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology, it was customary to unload it upon a star.
C - Connoisseur : A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873", he murmured and died.
E - Epitaph : An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effet.
A few examples of his definitions (I had to choose, that was hard, couldn't rewrite the book here ; you'll have to read it and please, don't miss the letter W with the definition of Woman) :
B - Bore : A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
I - Impartial : Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two conflicting opinions.
E - Elysium : An imaginary delightful country which the ancients foolishly believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the good. This ridiculous and mischievous fable was swept off the face of the earth by the early Christians - may their souls be happy in Heaven !
R -Responsibility : A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology, it was customary to unload it upon a star.
C - Connoisseur : A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873", he murmured and died.
E - Epitaph : An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effet.