Ambrose Bierce's Quote - Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying abo

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying abo

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. – Ambrose Bierce

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Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce

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