How could you forget Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary?
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Date: 2004-08-26 07:35 pm (UTC)LOVE, n.
A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
MARRIAGE, n.
The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
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