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Quotation #11904 from The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce):

APOSTATE, n. A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)  

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