"Abstinenzler: Ein schwacher Mensch, der der Versuchung nachgibt, sich selbst ein Vergnügen zu versagen. Ein totaler Abstinenzler ist jemand, der sich aller Dinge enthält, nur nicht der Abstinenz und vor allem nicht der Einmischung in die Angelegenheiten anderer."
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Ambrose Bierce
1842 – 1914
US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Geodät
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