Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he cant find you.

Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he cant find you. – Ambrose Bierce

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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. – Ambrose Bierce

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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. – Ambrose Bierce

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He who puts up with insult invites injury. – Yiddish Proverb

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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible. – Joseph Addison

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I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present. – Aneurin Bevan

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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. – Lord Chesterfield

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