I was born to poor because of honest parents. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2015).…

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I was born to poor because of honest parents. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2015). Negligible Tales, p.23, Ambrose Bierce
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ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence … ▶
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2696, Delphi Classics
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