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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying abo

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. – Ambrose Bierce

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Truth
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. – Ambrose Bierce

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Fear
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Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. – Ambrose Bierce

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Humor
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Youth lives on hope, old age on memories. – Proverb

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Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Youth

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. – Josh Billings

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Youth

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Ecclesiastes 11:9 – Bible

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God will provide — ah, if only He would till He does! – Yiddish Proverb

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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History

Ive always had a lot of respect from the people I respected. – Randy Newman

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respect

Happiness hates the timid! So does science! – Eugene ONeill

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Shyness