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“Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.”

Ambrose Bierce · Women

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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

History

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Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Happiness

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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

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