Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
Ambrose BierceMarriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
Ambrose BierceSabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
Ambrose BierceReverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
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