PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add…

Ambrose Bierce
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PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition, p.106, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs, p.825, L … ▶
ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1996). Poems of Ambrose Bierce, p.75, U of Nebraska Press
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Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2374, Delphi Classics

PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition, p.106, ReadHowYouWant.com

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