Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Historian. A broad -- gauge gossip. - Ambrose Bierce

Historian. A broad — gauge gossip. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron – namely, that he is a blockhead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. – Ambrose Bierce

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The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. – Herbert Hoover

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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. – Ted Koppel

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Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family. – Novak Djokovic

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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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