The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.Voltaire
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
— AMBROSE BIERCE
Writer & Satirist · 1842 – 1914
American short-story writer, satirist and Civil War veteran, author of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and The Devil's Dictionary (1906). He disappeared in Mexico in 1914 while observing the revolution.
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