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Ambrose Bierce

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

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These are some quotes by American author Ambrose Bierce Journalist, who lived between June 24, 1842 and 1914.

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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Ambrose Bierce

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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Ambrose Bierce

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Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

Ambrose Bierce

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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Pearl S. Buck

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An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.

Theodor Mommsen

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Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Thomas Merton

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