“The man who taketh a steam bath
He loseth all the skin he hath
And, for he’s boiled a brilliant red,
Thinketh to cleanliness he’s wed,
Forgetting that his lungs he’s soiling
With dirty vapors of the boiling.”
Richard Gwow, quoted in Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary
Quote of the Day – October 30, 2008
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