PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the pe…

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PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.172, 谷月社
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TRUCE, n. Friendship. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.230, University of Georgia Press
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. ✨ Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 161
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2015). A Cynic Looks at Life, p.43, Sheba Blake Publishing
Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.23, University of Georgia Press
PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Una … ▶

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.172, 谷月社

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