The Devil's Dictionary: Oblivion

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
OATH
OBSERVATORY

OBLIVION

-n.

The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.

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