"The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff."

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Ambrose Bierce

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“The Age of Aquarius is the age of excellence in which personal purity shall absolutely matter.”
“If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.”
“If you let yourself be truly seen, then you can be truly loved.”
“The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.”

Source : Jack McDevitt (1995). “The Engines of God”, p.317, Penguin
“Q: Does this train stop at Brighton? A: I hope so or there's going to be a hell of a splash.”
“When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don't think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn't want their ATM machines lifted.”
“Everyone knows that England are a far better team than their World Cup performance suggests. It's vital that we play with confidence and take the strength and competition of the engage Super League in to the Four Nations.”
“This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.”

Source : E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 40 (6 September 1651)

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