“Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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Section 98
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Original in Latin: "Terribilia sunt opera Tua, o Domine! In multitude virtutis Tuae, Te metientur contemptores Tui."
Systema Naturae