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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

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. – Ambrose Bierce

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Hope
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Ambrose Bierce
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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
good
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Slander expires at a good womans door. – Danish proverb

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Insults

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws. – Charles Baudelaire

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Insults

The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. – Sigmund Freud

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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. – George Bancroft

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Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. – Heinrich Heine

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I have women coming up to me and saying: I love your character! Shes so empowered. She takes control she gets what she wants. Thats another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do. – Christina Hendricks

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There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction, whatever you want to call it – mash-ups, gimmick lit, absurdist fiction – I dont know if I want to do that anymore. – Seth Grahame-Smith

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Were never so vulnerable than when we trust someone – but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. – Walter Anderson

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