Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
Ambrose BierceMINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.
Ambrose BierceAn old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.
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