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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of th

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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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. – Ambrose Bierce

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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. – Fran Lebowitz

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A woman is a person who reaches for a chair when she answers the telephone. – Milton Wright

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