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Convictions are variable to be always consistent is to be sometimes dishonest.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
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