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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Experience. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesira

Experience. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – 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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Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country. – Ambrose Bierce

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But because weve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. – Wallace Shawn

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I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I dont have that experience. My only experience is at losing them. – Richard M. Nixon

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I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings. – Haile Gebrselassie

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Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience. – Francis Bacon

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