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Ambrose Bierce Quotes: Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
         

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.


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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
         



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