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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Admiration; is our polite recognition of anothers resemblance to o

Admiration; is our polite recognition of anothers resemblance to ourselves. – Ambrose Bierce

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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid. – Ambrose Bierce

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Vanity
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Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. – Ambrose Bierce

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Women
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Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience
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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised. – Proverb

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I never let them cough. They wouldnt dare. – Ethel Barrymore

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To praise is an investment in happiness. – George M. Adams

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When Im talking to a large audience, I imagine that Im talking to a single person. – Red Barber

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Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state. – Norman Lamm

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Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

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