CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness. (Ambrose Bierce)

CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.

Ambrose Bierce

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