Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in…

Ambrose Bierce
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Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
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Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and … ▶
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Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2374, Delphi Classics

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