Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy. ✨ …

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Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.34, 谷月社
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PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.184, University of Georgia Press
NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredi … ▶
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.175, 谷月社
MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.167, University of Georgia Press
ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2358, Delphi Classics

Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.34, 谷月社

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