
Circus. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.
The devil's dictionary - página 45 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=xynV2AEAOS0C&pg=PA45, de Ambrose Bierce, 2a. ed., Editora Babylon Dreams, 1925, ISBN 1603030549, 9781603030540, 376 páginas