“BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.”
The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
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“BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.”
The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
#TheDevilsDictionary #AmbroseBierce #ClassicBooks #SatiricalDictionary #Lexicon #AmericanLiterature #MoncreiffePress #LiteraryQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon
#thedevilsdictionary #ambrosebierce #ClassicBooks #satiricaldictionary #lexicon #AmericanLiterature #moncreiffepress #literaryquotes #bookcommunity #bookish #bookstodon