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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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