PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. (Ambrose Bierce)

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.

Ambrose Bierce

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