EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,/ Wherein is noth…

Ambrose Bierce
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EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,/ Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:/ From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge/ Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: O fudge! ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.74, University of Georgia Press
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