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EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,/ Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:/ From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge/ Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: O fudge!

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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