ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. (Ambrose Bierce)

ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.

Ambrose Bierce

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