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Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Applications Connection Doses Enthusiasm Experience Outward Repentance Small Youth

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Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: June 24th, 1842

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