Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Degree Quotations

MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous.

INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.