NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who d…

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NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.149, 谷月社
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NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.149, 谷月社

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