Ambrose Bierce
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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.