Social Commentaries
A Paradox
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
"If life were not worth having," said the preacher,
"'T would have in suicide one pleasant feature."
"An error," said the pessimist, "you're making:
What's not worth having cannot be worth taking."
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Paradox.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/318/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Paradox.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/318/.
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