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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Destiny: A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for fail

Destiny: A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for failure. – Ambrose Bierce

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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. – Ambrose Bierce

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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. – Ambrose Bierce

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Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility. – Susan Sontag

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