The Devil's Dictionary: Calamity

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
CABBAGE
CALLOUS

CALAMITY

-n.

A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

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