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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our e

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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Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. – Ambrose Bierce

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