Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. ✨ Ambrose…

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Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.8, 谷月社
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Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.85, Cour … ▶
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil Wo … ▶
RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.109, Courier Corporation
HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will cure imaginary diseases, and they … ▶
MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.162, University of Georgia Press

Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.8, 谷月社

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