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We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization.

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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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