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UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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