Ambrose Bierce quote about youth from The Devil's Dictionary - ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.
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ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.
 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911). copy citation

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“Enough is as good as a feast—for that matter Enougher's as good as a feast for the platter.
Arbely C. Strunk ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off—to Missolonghi.
ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter.” source

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