"An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet– two clarionets."
— Cotton

January 1, 1970

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Ambrose Bierce, in Tom Cutler A Gentleman's Bedside Book: Entertainment for the Last Fifteen Minutes of the Day ., Constable & Robinson, 30 September 2010,