Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with form…

Ambrose Bierce
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Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2015). Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, p.11, Ambrose Bierce
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EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.61, 谷月社
REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dict … ▶
REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.197, University of Georgia Press
JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1906). The Cynic's Word Book, p.207, Lulu.com
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.146, 谷月社

Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2015). Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, p.11, Ambrose Bierce

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