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To the eye of failure success is an accident. - Ambrose Bierce
" "To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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About Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – date of death uncertain; probably late 1912 or early 1914) was an American satirist, critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. He is perhaps most famous for his serialized mock lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary, in which, over the years, he scathed American culture and accepted wisdom by pointing out alternate, more practical definitions for common words.
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Dod Grile
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William Herman
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Ambrose Gwinnetter Bierice
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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