God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.

Ambrose Bierce
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God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.
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FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.66, 谷月社
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.155, University of Georgia Press
Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.115, 谷月社
Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.224, 谷月社
Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the c … ▶

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