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At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to be miserable to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.

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