The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remark…

Ambrose Bierce
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The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forebearance among men.
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IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.121, University of Georgia Press
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. ✨ Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 129
Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2004). The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionar … ▶
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (1906). The Cynic's Word Book, p.57, Lulu.com
DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.43, 谷月社

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