CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance against whom or what does not clearly appear everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance. (Ambrose Bierce)

CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance against whom or what does not clearly appear everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance.

Ambrose Bierce

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