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Definition of Oblivion

Oath
Oath
  OBLIVION   noun
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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The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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