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Decalogue

By Ambrose Bierce

Topics: classic

Thou shalt no God but me adore: 'Twere too expensive to have more. No images nor idols make For Roger Ingersoll to break. Take not God's name in vain: select A time when it will have effect. Work not on Sabbath days at all, But go to see the teams play ball. Honor thy parents. That creates For life insurance lower rates. Kill not, abet not those who kill; Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill. Kiss not thy neighbor's wife, unless Thine own thy neighbor doth caress. Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete Successfully in business. Cheat. Bear not false witness, that is low But "hear 'tis rumored so and so." Covet thou naught that thou hast got By hook or crook, or somehow, got.

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About Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1914) was an American satirist, journalist, and poet. His "Devil's Dictionary" and Civil War stories are classics of dark humor. He disappeared mysteriously in Mexico.

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