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Title: The Thoughtful Warden Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] The Warden of a Penitentiary was one day putting locks on the doors of all the cells when a mechanic said to him: "Those locks can all be opened from the inside--you are very imprudent." The Warden did not look up from his work, but said: "If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |