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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Insurance: An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table. – Ambrose Bierce

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