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Surface Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
- Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation…
- OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus tells…
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