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Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance w

Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. – Ambrose Bierce

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Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. – Ambrose Bierce

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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce

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