USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Thi…

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USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.229, 谷月社
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.225, Un … ▶
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