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Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
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