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Quotation by Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce (83)Additional Sources
quoted in C.H. Grattan, Bitter Bierce (1929)"Saw" The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)"The Decalogue Revised" The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906), repr. in Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, vol. 7 (1911)Related Subjects
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Accuse. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914), U.S. author. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906).
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