In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.
Ambrose BierceRESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.
Ambrose BierceAcquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
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