Friday, October 27, 2023

Alchemy

MAGIC, n.     An art of converting superstition into coin.

                      There are other arts serving the same high purpose,
                      but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

                                    Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

 

 

 

 

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