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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good for

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce

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Politics
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Marriage, n: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. – Ambrose Bierce

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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. – Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. – Josh Billings

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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening. – Maya Angelou

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Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. – Malachy McCourt

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Beauty and femininity are ageless and cant be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers wont like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour its based on femininity. – Marilyn Monroe

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Skin is a covering for our immortality. – Terri Guillemets

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A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years… A day of temporal tune up! – Vera Nazarian

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