COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles…

Ambrose Bierce
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COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.38, University of Georgia Press
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COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.38, University of Georgia Press

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