The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.
Ambrose BierceEXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
Ambrose BierceNOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
Ambrose BierceRESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs.
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