Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who wan…

Ambrose Bierce
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Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs, p.743, Library of America
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A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's … ▶
Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan jou … ▶
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged, … ▶
Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of … ▶
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.217, 谷月社

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs, p.743, Library of America

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