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«Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants»
«Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? / O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.»
«ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Keywords:
coffin,
coffins,
document,
documented,
documenting,
documents,
envelope,
envelopes,
gown,
gowns,
husk,
husks,
remittance,
scabbard
«A good sword is the one left in its scabbard»