LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the…

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LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.155, University of Georgia Press
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LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.155, University of Georgia Press

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