MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks…

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MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.161, University of Georgia Press
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MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.161, University of Georgia Press

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