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Слушать(AI)The Mad Philosopher
The flabby wine-skin of his
Yields to some pathologic strain,
And voids from its unstored
The driblet of an aphorism.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842– circa 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The De
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