REPENTANCE, N. The Faithful Attendant And Follower Of Punishment.

REPENTANCE, N. The Faithful Attendant And Follower Of Punishment.

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REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It
is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not
inconsistent with continuity of sin.

Desirous to avoid the pains of Hell,
You will repent and join the Church, Parnell?
How needless! -- Nick will keep you off the coals
And add you to the woes of other souls.
Jomater Abemy
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
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COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedne
and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples....
ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
MYRMIDON, n. A follower of Achilles -- particularly when he didn't lead.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.
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