The Devil's Dictionary: Alone

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
ALLIGATOR
ALTAR

ALONE

-adj.

In bad company.

In contact, lo! the flint and steel,
By spark and flame, the thought reveal
That he the metal, she the stone,
Had cherished secretly alone.

- Booley Fito

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