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Ambrose Bierce Quote - Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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