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

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. – 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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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Scriptures: the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. – Ambrose Bierce

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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. – Larry McMurtry, Some Can Whistle

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The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. – Hamilton

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Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. – Mark Twain

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