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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. – Ambrose Bierce

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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. – Martha Graham

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Envy is the art of counting the other fellows blessings instead of your own. – Harold Coffin

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I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. Action sport would be the least offensive categorization. – Tony Hawk

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Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning. – Jacques Barzun

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