The Devil's Dictionary: Aim

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
AGITATOR
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AIM

-n.

The task we set our wishes to.

"Cheer up! Have you no aim in life?"
She tenderly inquired.
"An aim? Well, no, I haven't, wife;
The fact is — I have fired."

-G.J.

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