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Die: To stop sinning suddenly.

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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
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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
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