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Quotation #11949 from The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce):

BLACKGUARD, n. A man whose qualities, prepared for display like a box of berries in a market -- the fine ones on top -- have been opened on the wrong side. An inverted gentleman.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)  

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