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Opportunity Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
- ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
- PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To wrest the wealth of A from B…
- LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.
- Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
- Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
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- According to God's word, everybody at some point is going to be given the opportunity to know the truth. — Stephen Baldwin
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