The Devil's Dictionary: Behavior

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
BEGGAR
BELLADONNA

BEHAVIOR

-n.

Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. The word seems to be somewhat loosely used in Dr. Jamrach Holobom's translation of the following lines from the Dies Irae:

Recordare, Jesu pie,
Quod sum causa tuae viae.
Ne me perdas illa die.
Pray remember, sacred Savior,
Whose the thoughtless hand that gave your
Death-blow. Pardon such behavior.
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