CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that…

Ambrose Bierce
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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. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.31, University of Georgia Press
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