TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time."

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Desirability	Discovery	Existing	Fair
Human	Increasing	Ingenious	Mind
Most	Occupation	Philosophy	Prospect
Purpose	Sole	Time	Truth

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