The Devil's Dictionary: Pocket

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PLUNDER
POETRY

POCKET

-n.

The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

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