FastSaying

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

AdjAfflictingBearCallousEvilsFortitudeGifted

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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend."
— Ambrose Bierce
AdjAfflictingBear
MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.
— Ambrose Bierce
AdjComparativeDegree
MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.
— Ambrose Bierce
AdjLessMinor
RESIDENT, adj. Unable to leave.
— Ambrose Bierce
AdjLeaveResident
MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
— Ambrose Bierce
AdjBelongingHold