Ambrose Bierce's Quote - Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not

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Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not

Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce

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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. – Ambrose Bierce

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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. – Ambrose Bierce

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The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. – Ambrose Bierce

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The precise form of an individuals activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity. – Henry Louis

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