• Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich.

  Ambrose Bierce
  American writer 1842-1914
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. atlantic
2. american
3. observes
4. ostrich

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Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich. by : Ambrose Bierce

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