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To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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