An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. The Devil's Dictionary' Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. The Devil's Dictionary' Enzymes are things invented by biologists that explain things which otherwise require harder thinking. Lettvin Evil is whatever distracts.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
The sure way of getting nothing for something. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.