Ambrose Bierce: YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments. — Ambrose Bierce

YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

Ambrose Bierce

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