EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to los…

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EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.61, 谷月社
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EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.61, 谷月社

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