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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Take not Gods name in vain; select a time when it will have effect

Take not Gods name in vain; select a time when it will have effect. – Ambrose Bierce

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Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. – Ambrose Bierce

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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. – Ambrose Bierce

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