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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, l

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

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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce
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