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What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

Ambrose Bierce
Inspirational, Work, Asking
Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.114, Courier Corporation

PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

Ambrose Bierce
Photography, Art, Work
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.181, University of Georgia Press

Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

Ambrose Bierce
Business, Work, Competition
Ambrose Bierce, Brian St. Pierre (1987). “The Devil's advocate: an Ambrose Bierce reader”, Chronicle Books (CA)

REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose

Ambrose Bierce
Art, Work, Skills
Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.300, ReadHowYouWant.com

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

Ambrose Bierce
Work, Issues, Stories
Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.117, Courier Corporation

A man is known by the company he organizes.

Ambrose Bierce
Business, Work, Men

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

Ambrose Bierce
Work, Critics
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2369, Delphi Classics

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